Simmons, R.F., "Answering English Questions by Computer - A Survey" SDC Report SP-1536 Santa Monica, Calif.; April, 1964

(1964)

Languages mentioned

  • DEACON {1962} English-like query system
  • FLEX {1960} Intermediate language for the ALA system
  • IDL {1962} Information Description Language
  • Namer {1964} Graphically oriented data retrieval language
  • PLM {1957} Graphically oriented data retrieval language
  • Protosynthex {1960} Querying system for English test
  • QUERY {1962} Near natural language querying system
  • SAD SAM {1962} Basic English querying system
  • The General Inquirer {1962} Special input language for Harvard information retrieval system
  • The Oracle {1960} Early QA system