Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!Bakin@HI-MULTICS From: Bakin%HI-MULTICS@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.works Subject: Xerox STAR Message-ID: <17058@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 19:26:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.17058 Posted: Wed Feb 22 19:26:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 04:36:30 EST Lines: 16 From: Jerry BakinI haven't seen a discussion of the STAR in here lately, how about it? Are users of the STAR happy with its performance? Does it have a relational data store? How easy is software development on it? We are thinking of getting one to use in a software development environment to produce software automatically for other targets. We would be using the nice graphics (are they available at a subroutine level?) to create all sorts of software related diagrams, (Transition Diagrams, Control Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Petri Nets, etc.) and run those through analysis programs, to generate code for other systems. Is this feasible to ask of a STAR? I wouldn't think twice about asking Multics, but a STAR is sooo much smaller... Jerry.