A SYSYE;,.,I F(;4 NAT~I~AL i_Ah(;,tJAGd Alan ~o J . i e r ~ ] a n n [~rNce 4o ba lla.r<l An:~e <,,Io }-loller C( 'tj,'U'i'A Ic)i,i * Oeoart~;~e;~t o~ Comp<~ter S c i e n c e Duke d n i v e y s i t y Io Introductio~ This paper briefly describes a natural language proqrar~iming sys~em c a l l e d i,ikC ~,,~nibn a l l o w s u s e r s to type c o n m a n d s " ' "~' in ~E~G].i -~ and watch the resulting actions carried o ~ t on a c o m p u t e r display screen. The d a t a e ~ t i t i e s a p p e a r on the s c r e e n at all tithes, so that the u s e r can observe the effect of each input before proceeding to the next one. Should some input ever be incorrectly processed, a backup facility allows requests to be clarified after r e s t o r i n g the p r e v i o
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