PDL/81 Attributes

• Proven
• Reliable
• Inexpensive
• Easy to learn and use.
• Accepted standard for pseudo-code design and presentation.
• Evolving since 1973.
• Can be used as a stand-alone design tool but also complements almost any other tool or design methodology.
• Can be used for formal or informal software design.
• Can be used for both high-level and low-level designs.
• Supports most target languages from assembly to high-level. Specific support included for Ada for use when an Ada Design Language is required.
• Runs on almost any platform: VAX (VMS, Ultrix), Alpha AXP (OpenVMS, OSF1), most UNIX boxes under most variants of UNIX, PC (DOS, UNIX).
• Text-oriented rather than graphics oriented.
• Can be used to create other forms of documentation, such as manuals and reports.
• Has full support for classified documents including automatic portion marking.

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