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Document-centered presentation of computing software: Compound documents are better workspaces

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Design and Implementation of Symbolic Computation Systems (DISCO 1996)

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Using compound documents as workspaces has two advantages: separating data management from computation software is a prerequisite for decomposing mathematical software into components, and the direct manipulation of workspaces is an improvement over name bindings. Further, document parts can act as placeholders for upcoming results. Viewing document parts within a textual context allows scripting within documents.

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  1. Institute of Scientific Computing, ETH Zürich, CH-8092, Zürich

    Wolfgang Weck

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Weck, W. (1996). Document-centered presentation of computing software: Compound documents are better workspaces. In: Calmet, J., Limongelli, C. (eds) Design and Implementation of Symbolic Computation Systems. DISCO 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1128. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61697-7_19

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