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The Computer Journal 1970 13(1):10-13; doi:10.1093/comjnl/13.1.10
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Developments in SPECOL—a retrieval language for the non-programmer

B. Smith *

28 Queens Court, Queens Road, Cheltenham, UK

SPECOL is a Special Customer Oriented Language for use in querying files by computer. It is a very simple and practical language that anyone can use after very little study. It requires no knowledge of computers or of computer techniques, nor any knowledge of the medium (disk/tape, etc.) on which data may be stored. The language was first described in The Computer Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2, August 1968. Since then there have been a number of significant developments in the language and there have been many requests for further information. The present paper sets out, therefore, a little more formally the basic philosophy of the language, and describes some of its new features. In addition a few hints are given on writing certain types of equation. The paper concludes with a statement on the current implementation of SPECOL and some comments on its use in a remote access environment.

Received July 1969.

* 28 Queens Court, Queens Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. [Mr. Smith is a Civil Servant employed in a Government Research Establishment. The SPECOL project has the support of the Treasury and several other Government Departments]


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