to the Conference participants

1. Why the conference subject matter doesn't include anything like a subject that may be conventionally called like " On paralleling of algorithms and programs in homogeneous computer systems"? 2. (Not for public) According to the "Dictionary of Russian Spelling" the word "obespech'enie" is inadmissible; one should pronounce it as "obesp'echenie".

Will the subject of CAM software be included in VKP agenda? CAM software developer

1. At the last (the 1st) conference "good" decisions were taken. Please tell, what specifically was done for their implementation and by whom. 2. Nearly 1/4 of the (second) conference talks were devoted to an OS and USP by IAM of the USSR AS - a system that have not yet pass even a pilot stage. How does it conform to the talk selection principle explained earlier by the Program Committee Chairman?

Dear speaker! You fight for creation of some programming center for the development of software and automated management systems. But isn't it a part of your functional duties? In that case I ask you to illustrate your organization concern. Why are you trying to burden NICEVT with alien functions?

sn't a big range of languages and variants of library organization a consequence of software creation lag behind computer building?

Dear Mr. Chairman! Don't you think that Mr. Shura-Bura's talk obviously manifests the thought about appropriateness of disengagement between science and practice in the subjects touched upon in his presentation? We think that science feeds on practice's ideas and tests its results by practice. An example: research under Academician Glushkov supervision. We'd like to know your opinion. A group of "practice men"

To the panelists: Do you think that the Basic Language Machine developed by Iliffe at.al. (ICL) is a step in right direction from the point of view of operating systems and compiler writing?

To the discussion participants: 3. How efficient in your opinion is N. Wirth's PL-360 as a higher level language compared with assembler for software systems development? 4. What other languages for these purposes exist?

What is your estimation of evolution prospects of automatic compiler generation systems based on syntax and semantics definition of a) input languages b) output languages

Won't the discussants agree that the forecasts for the 70s had too little influence of the 80s undoubtedly to come? For example, non-algorithmic programming methods, the influence of multiprocessor systems, parallelism in languages of all levels, etc.

To the panelists: How interesting and useful is the idea of "ILLIAC-IV"? How promising is this direction? Will this direction make substantial changes in programming languages? If it will, how substantial the changes will be?

What are the development prospects for 70s in such an important and enticing field as heuristic programming and artificial thinking?

Please read out the following thesis: "Research coordination in the field of software is lacking not only on an all-industry scale but even among the Academy of science institutes". Do the meeting members consider it worth being recorded in VKP-2 summary? (Too much signatures)

For how long, in your opinion, will Algol-60 language be still topical and live in the USSR and abroad?

1. Are there special unsolved problems in theoretical programming? Please formulate these problems. 2. What kind on mathematicians (as regards to their specialization) you want to win over to programming field? logicians

I see a big danger in keenness on teaching algorithmic and formal methods. Great computer resources expect from a man a full-scale use and development of informal, non-trivial, figurative ways of thinking. (Signature illegible)

1. Would you agree that fundamental difficulties in programming would be solved only with the help of a detailed "mathematical-philosophical" analysis of such philosophical categories as INFORMATION, GOAL, etc.? 2. What mathematical notions would prove the most useful in defining the notions like "kernel language", "universal language", etc.?

addressed to J.Cocke

addressed to J.McCarthy at the panel discussion