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Algorithm = logic + control

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Kowalski, Robert·1979·Communications of the ACM
DOI 10.1145/359131.359136
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The notion that computation = controlled deduction was first proposed by Pay Hayes [19] and more recently by Bibel [2] and Vaughn-Pratt [31]. A similar thesis that database systems should be regarded as consisting of a relational component, which defines the logic of the data, and a control component, which stores and retrieves it, has been successfully argued by Codd [10]. Hewitt's argument [20] for the programming language PLANNER, though generally regarded as an argument against logic, can also be regarded as an argument for the thesis that algorithms be regarded as consisting of both logic and control components. In this paper we shall explore some of the useful consequences of that thesis.

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Authors
Kowalski, R.
Venue
Communications of the ACM
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Published
1979-07
Volume
22
Issue
7
Pages
424-436
ISSN
  • 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-7317
DOI
10.1145/359131.359136
OpenAlex
W2011306767
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600
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15.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
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