NDLI: PANDA: A Pascal network data base management system

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Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Frank, André
Abstract	PANDA is a set of database programmes entirely written in Pascal and especially suited for small (micro) computer systems; it was developed with interactive application and computer graphics in mind. PANDA is based on the network approach to data management, as it is proposed by CODASYL\| CODASYL 71\|. PANDA is therefore similar to commercially available systems on main frames such as e.g. DBMS from Digital Equipment Corp. The programmes interface of PANDA was specially adapted to the use within Pascal programmes. Its use seems much easier for the programmer than the CODASYL proposal. PANDA is small enough to be used on small systems. The code for a Motorola 6809 micro-processor is about 15 kbytes. PANDA, especially its buffer management, is further adapted to small computer systems. PANDA is, however, not a system for the fast organization of data with little strucuture and does not feature an interactive query language or a report generator. PANDA is a tool for the programmer to facilitate the structuring of complicated data, not a utility for the end user.
Starting Page	73
Ending Page	75
Page Count	3
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0897910834
DOI	10.1145/800069.802168
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1982-08-02
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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PANDA: A Pascal network data base management system