Mary K. Hawes

Mary K. Hawes was a computer scientist who identified the need for a common business language in accounting, which led to the development of COBOL. Hawes chaired the data descriptions subcommittee in the Short-Range Committee, the team that was initially tasked with identifying problems with the current business compilers.[1] In 1959, Hawes was a senior product planning analyst for the Electro Data Division of Burroughs Corporation.[2] Mary K. Hawes co-authored the books Optimized code generation from extended-entry decision tables published in September 1971, Feature analysis of generalized data base management systems: CODASYL Systems Committee published in May 1971, and A survey of generalized data base management systems published in May 1969.

References

  1. ↑ Sammet, Jean (1981). History of Programming Languages. Academic Press. pp. 199–243. ISBN 0-12-745040-8.
  2. ↑ "Burrough's Future in Electronics - NMAA Address by Mary Hawes - 1959". www.smecc.org. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
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