Conference turris::languages

143.0. "KEEP and DATABUS information notation (DIN)" by VLNVAX::DMCLURE (Gear up for DECworld-87!) Fri Jun 19 1987 01:47

	The issue of programming languages has been rave of The New
   Soapbox recently, I thought I might share this note here as both a
   mention of the new KEEP system, as well as to act as a pointer to
   another programming language 'discussion'.

							-davo

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	So, anybody tried programming in DIN yet?  DIN stands for DATABUS
    Information Notation and it is a semantic database language which,
    together with its supporting KEEP data system, provides users with
    a natural, powerful, and concise way of describing and manipulating
    data structures that accurately reflect the user's conceptual view of
    the application.

	KEEP stands for Knowledge Environment for Evolving Projects and
    it is a data-management system for storing and manipulating complex
    engineering-information structures at the application concept level.
    It is intended for DEC internal use only.

	KEEP V 1.nn implements a subset of the DATABUS Architecture,
    which is being developed by the Center for Systems Development Process
    (CSDP) right here at MR01, and I highly reccomend the class which they
    offer.  To register for the KEEP course, contact Nancy Cross (at
    MODEL::CROSS), or, if you're just curious, be sure to check out the
    notesfile KEEPER::KEEP (Press KP7 to 'Get on the BUS').

						-davo