Software:Easytrieve
| Original author(s) | Ribek Corporation |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Broadcom Inc |
| Website | CA Easytrieve® Report Generator |
Easytrieve is a report generator, sold by CA Technologies.[1][2] Easytrieve Classic and Easytrieve Plus are two available versions of this programming language primarily designed to generate reports and are used by large corporations operating in mainframe (z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE), UNIX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows environments.
Easytrieve was originally developed by Ribek Corporation (named for its owner Robert I. Beckler), with an initial release around 1971 or 1972.[3] Easytrieve was originally developed for IBM Systems 360/370 and RCA Series 70 mainframes. Pansophic became the exclusive reseller of Easytrieve in North America in 1973, and then purchased it from Ribek in 1979.[3] Pansophic was bought by Computer Associates in 1991, who in turn were acquired by Broadcom in 2018.
Easytrieve has been described as "[o]ne of the most successful software products of the 1970s".[4]
Example
FILE PERSNL FB(150 1800) } LIBRARY DEFINITION
NAME 17 8 A
PERSNR 9 5 N
ABTL 98 3 N
SUMME 94 4 P 2
JOB INPUT PERSNL NAME SUM-PERS } ACTIVITY DEFINITION
PRINT PAYRPT
REPORT PAYRPT LINESIZE 80
TITLE 01 'PERSONALREPORT BEISPIEL1'
LINE 01 ABTL NAME PERSNR SUMME
References
- ↑ Skidmore, Lem (25 June 1979). "Nonapplications: Preparation Vital". Computerworld (IDG Enterprise) 13 (26): SR/2 and SR/28. ISSN 0010-4841. https://books.google.com/books?id=Yg3gMg3D-H4C&pg=RA1-PA42. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ Mace, Scott (21 March 1988). "Pansophic Adds Plain English Query Language to Easytrieve". InfoWorld (InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.) 10 (12): 28. ISSN 0199-6649. https://books.google.com/books?id=9j4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Piscopo, Joseph A. (2002-05-03) (in en-US). Oral history interview with Joseph Piscopo. pp. 16. http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/107601.
- ↑ Bergin, Thomas J.; Haigh, Thomas (October 2009). "The Commercialization of Database Management Systems, 1969–1983". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 31 (4): 26–41. doi:10.1109/MAHC.2009.107. ISSN 1058-6180. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5370777.
External links
- CA Easytrieve® Report Generator
- Advantage CA-Easytrieve Plus Report Generator (Application Guide)
- Easytrieve code examples and snippets
- PC-Dos version of Pansophic's Easytrieve Plus Workstation and Natural Language
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