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Interrogatory /1962↑
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QUERY(ID:4560/que003)

Near natural language querying system 

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Country: United States
Designed 1962
Genus: Ad hoc query languages
Sammet category: Business Data Processing

Query language by Cheathem and Walsham, restricted vocabulary translated into set-based determinants.
According to Fry (1976) was the first to actually translate high level queries directly into machine code.
Related languages
CL-I → QUERY   Co-development
References:
  • Cheatham, T. E., Jr., and Warshall, S. (1961) Cheatham, T. E., Jr., and Warshall, S. "Translation of retrieval requests couched in a "semiformal" English-like language"
          in Open Technical Meeting on (1961) Open Technical Meeting on "Design, Implementation and Application of IR-Oriented Languages," held by the ACM Computer Language Comnfittee on Information Retrieval on 20-21 October 1961 in Princeton, N.J.
  • Warshall, S. (1961) Warshall, S. "A syntax directed generator"
          in [JCC 20] Proceedings of the Eastern Joint Computer (1961) [JCC 20] Proceedings of the Eastern Joint Computer Conf. Washington, D.C. 1961
  • Cheatham, T. E., Jr., and Warshall, S. (1962) Cheatham, T. E., Jr., and Warshall, S. "Translation of retrieval requests couched in a "semiformal" English-like language" DOI
          in [ACM] CACM 5(01) January 1962 (1962) [ACM] CACM 5(01) January 1962 "Design, Implementation and Application of IR-Oriented Languages," ACM Computer Language Committee on Information Retrieval on 20-21 October 1961 in Princeton, N. J.
  • Simmons (1964) Simmons, R.F., "Answering English Questions by Computer - A Survey" SDC Report SP-1536 Santa Monica, Calif.; April, 1964
          in [ACM] CACM 5(01) January 1962 (1962) [ACM] CACM 5(01) January 1962 "Design, Implementation and Application of IR-Oriented Languages," ACM Computer Language Committee on Information Retrieval on 20-21 October 1961 in Princeton, N. J.
  • Simmons, R. F. (1965) Simmons, R. F. "Answering English questions by computer: a survey" p53-70 Abstract DOI
          in [ACM] (1965) [ACM] CACM 8(01) Jan 1965
  • Smith, Stephen F.; and Shoffner, Ralph M. (1969) Smith, Stephen F.; and Shoffner, Ralph M. "A comparative study of mechanized search languages" Inst. Library Research. Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif January 1969
          in [ACM] (1965) [ACM] CACM 8(01) Jan 1965
  • Borko, H. (1970) Borko, H. review of Smith et al 1969 Abstract
          in (1970) ACM Computing Reviews 11(02) February 1970
  • Fry, James P.; Sibley, Edgar H. (1976) Fry, James P.; Sibley, Edgar H. "Evolution of Data-Base Management Systems"
          in [ACM] (1976) [ACM] ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR) 8(1) March 1976
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