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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 35 , Issue 11 (November 1992) table of contents

Pages: 89 - 99

Year of Publication: 1992

ISSN:0001-0782

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Gio Wiederhold	Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Peter Wegner	Brown Univ., Providence, RI
Stefano Ceri	Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
Subjects: Modules and interfaces

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

H. Information Systems
H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT

I. Computing Methodologies
I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

General Terms:
Languages, Management, Standardization

Keywords:
mega programming languages and systems

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