Market Analysis Predicts Major Software Shakeout in 1980s

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Creative Strategies International (CSI), a market research and consulting firm, has released a study predicting substantial changes in software markets as industry leaders gain ground in the competition for new generation software. The five year forecast points to hardware innovations as the key factor in determining new product entries. Sopisticated new operating environments will eclipse sales of current integrated software packages by 1986. The continued popularity of distributed processing and microcomputers will support sales of telecommunications, networking, and database systems.

Software, Technological forecasting, Market research, Trends, Outlook, Market Analysis, Study, Future of Computing, Software Retailing, Marketing Research

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Speaking the Language of PC Software

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Many high level languages are available to the PC user who wants to write programs. Languages are designed for operation on a range of scientific or business applications using numerical or non-numerical data. Languages profiled include FORTRAN, BASIC, COBOL, and PASCAL. The languages are compared through program segments computing the area of a circle. This introduction to personal computer programming and languages includes a chart comparing the cost, applications, strengths, and weaknesses of the four languages.

Programming languages, Comparison, Language, FORTRAN, FORTRAN (Programming language), Programming Language, COBOL, COBOL (Programming language), Interpreters, Programming Instruction, BASIC, BASIC (Programming language), Compiler/decompiler, PASCAL, Pascal (Programming language)

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Write Your Own In-House PC Software

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Commercial applications software packages are often unable to meet the specific needs of a personal computer user and cannot easily accommodate changes. It is possible for a non-programmer to write customized applications programs. To do so, the problem must be clearly defined and the solution planned out. If this is done well, coding the program becomes relatively simple. Step-by-step instructions are given for program development. A simple program flowchart is included.

Applications programming, Tutorial, In-House, Program Development Techniques, User-Written Software

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