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Application generators: an introduction

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Application generators represent a new class of software development tools, which may yield the next order-of-magnitude productivity improvement in systems design, programming, and maintenance. This paper provides an introduction and bibliography for the topic. Current references to more than 50 articles and publications, as well as to some two dozen products, indicate the extent of recent interest in this topic.

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AFIPS '82: Proceedings of the June 7-10, 1982, national computer conference
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