DocumentCode
1594859
Title
A WYSIWYC (what you see is what you compute) spreadsheet
Author
Wilde, Nicholas P.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
fYear
1993
Firstpage
72
Lastpage
76
Abstract
Sheet based programming languages (spreadsheet applications) are one of the most popular classes of applications on personal computers. Unfortunately, many spreadsheets created by both inexperienced and experienced users are incorrect. A fundamental reason for this is the independence of the computational structure of a spreadsheet from its visible structure. We define a new sheet-based visual language which attempts to overcome this difficulty by using the visible structure of the spreadsheet as the means of specifying the computational structure-a What You See is What You Compute (WYSIWYC) spreadsheet
Keywords
spreadsheet programs; user interfaces; visual languages; WYSIWYC; What You See is What You Compute; personal computers; sheet-based visual language; spreadsheet; Application software; Computer errors; Computer languages; Computer science; Graphical user interfaces; Logic; Microcomputers; Packaging; Sheet materials; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Visual Languages, 1993., Proceedings 1993 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Bergen
Print_ISBN
0-8186-3970-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VL.1993.269580
Filename
269580
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