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Vulcan: a string handling language with dynamic storage control

Published: 17 November 1970 Publication History

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The implementation of the man-machine interface for question-answering systems, fact-retrieval systems and others in the area of information management frequently involves a concern with non-numeric programming techniques. In addition, theorem proving algorithms and more sophisticated procedures for processing natural language text require a capability to manipulate representations of non-numeric data with some ease, and to pose complex structural questions about such data.

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    AFIPS '70 (Fall): Proceedings of the November 17-19, 1970, fall joint computer conference
    November 1970
    683 pages
    ISBN:9781450379045
    DOI:10.1145/1478462
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