APL object manager

ABSTRACT

In order to co-ordinate APL code written for the European Commission, which has several different computers (mainframes, minis and micros) and thus several different APL's, a comprehensive set of programming standards was developed. The standards outline, amongst other topics, how workspaces, APL objects and files should be structured, especially with respect to documentation. To aid the programmer to follow the standards, a development environment was produced and is now being used to develop systems written in DYALOG APL. The development environment guides the user through various programming tasks and organizes the documentation associated with each APL object. This paper discusses the concepts and facilities of the development environment with specific references to the standards.

REFERENCES

• Ch86: Chapman, Paul A Plea for Nam I ng Conventlons and Documentation Standards for APL VECTOR Vol 3, No 1, July 1986
• CCE87: CCE APL worklng commlttee CCE APL Programming Standards Verslon 1.0, July 1987
• BSO83: BSO - Overvlew of BSO/MS APL Programming Standards September 1983
• HO84: Timothy P. Holls, APL editor features for productivity and quality, Proceedings of the international conference on APL, p.197-205, June 11-15, 1984, Finland
• Al86: David B. Allen , Leslie H. Goldsmith , Mark R. Dempsey , Kevin L. Harrell, LOGOS: An APL programming environment, Proceedings of the international conference on APL, p.314-325, July 07-11, 1986, Mancheester, United Kingdom
• HV87: H. F. van Eggelen, APL object transfer in a multi-APL site, Proceedings of the international conference on APL, p.329-336, December 1987, Sydney, Australia
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
          Subjects: Software libraries

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.7 Distribution, Maintenance, and Enhancement
          Subjects: Documentation
  D.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
      D.3.0 General
          Subjects: Standards
      D.3.2 Language Classifications

          Nouns: APL

General Terms:
Design, Languages