• 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