Accommodating Standards and Identification of Programming Languages The user public wants standardization and reliable identification of programming languages and related services. One way of achieving these goals illustrated by the methods adopted for TRAC T-64 interactive language, and its related family of languages. Oppressive rigidity usually associated with standardization is avoided by a new accommodation technique accessible to the user to allow local variations with the language. Explicit standardization of the language is undertaken at the organizational source of the language. Use of the organizational trademark (TRAC) on the published standards, and services relying upon them, provides a reliable public identification. These methods can be usefully applied to other programming languages and computer services. CACM August, 1968 Mooers, C. N. standardization, programming languages, TRAC T-64 language, tranemark, public identification of programming languages, standards which accommodate 2.12 4.2 2.9 CA680811 JB February 22, 1978 9:50 AM 1530 4 1703 1531 4 1703 1565 4 1703 1703 4 1703 1945 4 1703 2036 4 1703 1455 5 1703 1703 5 1703 1703 5 1703 1703 5 1703