GSS(ID:7276/)

Lincoln Lab Graphical Systems Services 

for Graphical Systems Services

graphcial language system based on Sketchpad, Sketchpad III, CORAL and realised as an extension to VITAL to be used as a general purpose graphical exploration system for the TX2 system at Lincoln Lab
Related languages
CORAL => GSS   Influence
Sketchpad => GSS   Influence
VITAL => GSS   Extension of
References:
  • Roberts, Lawrence G. "A graphical service system with variable syntax" pp173-176 view details
          in [ACM] CACM 9(03) March 1966 includes proceedings of the ACM Programming Languages and Pragmatics Conference, San Dimas, California, August 1965 view details
  • H. E. Kulsrud "A General Purpose Graphic Language" view details Abstract: This allows the languages to be compiled by standard
    techniques, thereby reducing the time required to imple-
    ment the language. Although the syntax of one-dimen-
    sional languages is not a natural medium for two-di-
    mensional problems, it is at present the only practical
    technique for making progress with graphic languages. Abstract: Interactive use of computers with graphic terminals will permit many new problems to be solved using machines. In order to handle a variety of applications, it is expedient to develop a general purpose graphic language that is useful on a number of graphic devices. A system has been designed to produce such a language quickly and cheaply. A model graphic language which has been developed with the system is presented.

          in [ACM] CACM 11(04) (April 1968) view details
  • Smith, Lyle B. "A Survey of Interactive Graphical Systems for Mathematics" view details Extract: GSS
    Roberts (1966)--describes a Graphical Service System (GSS) with variable syntax being developed at Lincoln Laboratory, MIT
          in [ACM] ACM Computing Surveys 2(4) Dec1970 view details