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A simula program to automate wire‐wrap schedule generation
Author(s) -
Lester L. N.,
Thelander H. A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380150304
Subject(s) - simula , computer science , schedule , ideal (ethics) , programming language , class (philosophy) , simulation , operating system , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology
The production of wire‐wrap schedules by hand is extremely tedious and error prone. This paper discusses a program which has been developed to generate an easy‐to‐follow, cross‐referenced wiring schedule from a simply‐formatted data file. The program also provides extensive checking of the input data. The language used was SIMULA, and was found to be an ideal vehicle for implementing the requirements of wire‐wrap schedule generation. The class concept, in particular, was found to be most useful.