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ACM SIGPLAN Notices archive
Volume 12 , Issue 11 (November 1977) table of contents

Pages: 36 - 49

Year of Publication: 1977

ISSN:0362-1340

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C. H. Lindsey

University of Manchester, England

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Conventional flowcharts are a hindrance to structured programming. An alternative notation, which emphasises the nested structure of programs, is proposed. The notation allows for only those goto s which are safe in a structured program. Unbelievers in Structured Programming are advised not to read this paper.

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	Michael B. Feldman, Teaching data abstraction to the practicing programmer: A case study, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.12 n.1, p.9-15, February 1980
	E. M. J. C. Van Oost, DUIF: a data-driented flowchart environment, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, v.18 n.2, p.69-75, February 1983
	Jacques J. Tamine, On the use of tree-like structures to symplify measures of complexity, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, v.18 n.9, September 1983
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Keywords:
go to, flowcharts, structured programming

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