Flowcharts versus program design languages an experimental comparison

• Published in: Communications of the ACM Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 445 - 449
• Main Authors: Ramsey, H. Rudy, Atwood, Michael E., Van Doren, James R.
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Association for Computing Machinery 01.06.1983
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Computer science; control theory; systems; Exact sciences and technology; Programming languages; Software

An experiment was performed to assess the relative merits of program design languages (PDLs) and flowcharts as techniques for the development and documentation of detailed designs for computer programs. The use of a PDL by a software designer, for the development and description of a detailed progra...