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Conversion of PCDP Dialogs.

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Title: Conversion of PCDP Dialogs.
Authors: Bork, Alfred M., California Univ., Irvine. Physics Computer Development Project.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 1971
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Physics, Program Descriptions, Programed Instructional Materials, Programing, Programing Languages, Programing Problems, Science Instruction
Abstract: An introduction to the problems involved in conversion of computer dialogues from one computer language to another is presented. Conversion of individual dialogues by complete rewriting is straightforward, if tedious. To make a general conversion of a large group of heterogeneous dialogue material from one language to another at one step is more ambitious. Three possible approaches are seen. Original programs might be fed to some kind of interpretive processor. Or source programs might be read by a background program in some language, then converted to binaries and load modules for the new language. Finally, an entire editing program could be written to convert autonomously, but this task might in the end be too difficult or too constricting to further change. (RB)
Entry Date: 1972
Accession Number: ED060622
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:An introduction to the problems involved in conversion of computer dialogues from one computer language to another is presented. Conversion of individual dialogues by complete rewriting is straightforward, if tedious. To make a general conversion of a large group of heterogeneous dialogue material from one language to another at one step is more ambitious. Three possible approaches are seen. Original programs might be fed to some kind of interpretive processor. Or source programs might be read by a background program in some language, then converted to binaries and load modules for the new language. Finally, an entire editing program could be written to convert autonomously, but this task might in the end be too difficult or too constricting to further change. (RB)