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Language peer sets for GIS:
United States↑
United States/1966↑
Designed 1966 ↑
1960s languages ↑
Third generation↑
High Cold War↑
Genus Flat DB ↑
Business Data Processing ↑
Flat DB↑
DBMS↑
Data representation ↑
Flat DB/1966↑
DBMS/1966↑
Data representation/1966↑
Flat DB/United States↑
DBMS/United States↑
Data representation/United States↑
Business Data Processing ↑
Business Data Processing/1966↑
Business Data Processing/us ↑

GIS(ID:2733/gis001)

General Information Store 

alternate simple view
Country: United States
Designed 1966
Genus: Flat DB
Sammet category: Business Data Processing

Database querying language, ancestor of SQL (and all other data 4gls)

Origin of Update, Delete, Select, Query commands

Targetted by IBM against MARK IV with some degree of ferocity (ref Postley 1998)
Related languages
GIS → SQUARE   Influence
References:
  • Bryant, J.H. and Semple, P. Jr. (1966) Bryant, J.H. and Semple, P. Jr. "GIS and File Management", pp97-107 Abstract
          in [ACM] (1966) [ACM] Proceedings of the 21st ACM National Conference 1966
  • Semple, P., Jr. (1967) Semple, P., Jr. "Generalized information system - a tool for design automation" pp11.1-11.26 Abstract
          in (1967) Proceedings of the 4th Annual ACM IEEE Design Automation Conference archive
  • Weindlin, M. (1967) Weindlin, M. "Is there a 'Best' Programming Language For Design Automation?" pp24.1-24.24 Extract: GIS
          in (1967) Proceedings of the 4th Annual ACM IEEE Design Automation Conference archive
  • [IBM] (1968) [IBM] "Generalized Information System: Application Description" IBM White Plains, Form H20-0521-0, 1968
          in (1967) Proceedings of the 4th Annual ACM IEEE Design Automation Conference archive
  • Olle, William (1968) Olle, William "UL/1: a non-procedural language for retrieving information from data bases" Abstract Extract: INTRODUCTION Extract: DATA DESCRIPTION Extract: DATA DESCRIPTION Extract: DATA DESCRIPTION
          in Morrell, A. (1968) Morrell, A. J. H. (Ed.): Information Processing 68, Proceedings of IFIP Congress 1968, Edinburgh, UK, 5-10 August 1968
  • Bloom, Burton H. (1969) Bloom, Burton H. "Some techniques and trade-offs affecting large data base retrieval times" pp83-95
          in (1969) Proceedings of the twenty-fourth ACM national conference August 1969
  • Lutz, Theo; (1970) Lutz, Theo; "GIS - Profil einer Datenbanksprache" Computer praxis. 3(4) 1970, pp.62-68.
          in (1969) Proceedings of the twenty-fourth ACM national conference August 1969
  • Codd, E.F. (1971) Codd, E.F. "A database sublanguage founded on the relational calculus" pp35-68
          in [ACM] (1971) [ACM] Proceedings on the ACM SIGFIDET Workshop on Data Description, Access, and Control, San Diego, California (November 1971)
  • Sammet (1972) Sammet, Jean E., "Roster of Programming Languages 1972" 116
          in (1972) Computers & Automation 21(6B), 30 Aug 1972
  • Stock and Stock (1973) Stock, Marylene and Stock, Karl F. "Bibliography of Programming Languages: Books, User Manuals and Articles from PLANKALKUL to PL/I" Verlag Dokumentation, Pullach/Munchen 1973 266 Abstract
          in (1972) Computers & Automation 21(6B), 30 Aug 1972
  • Martin, James (1986) Martin, James "4GL Fourth-Generation Languages Volume III, 4GLs from IBM" James Martin Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1986
          in (1972) Computers & Automation 21(6B), 30 Aug 1972
  • Postley, J. A. (1998) Postley, J. A. "Mark IV: Evolution of the Software Product, a Memoir" pp43-50 Abstract Extract: GIRLS Extract: Marks I and II Extract: Mark III
          in (1998) IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 20(1) 1998
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