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Studentâ€"Developed System Results In 500% Increase In Uâ€"W Computer Capacity The University of Waterloo‘s giant 7040 computer now has the capacity of five such machâ€" ines thanks to a new compiler system devised by a closely â€" knit, hardâ€"working team of stuâ€" dents during the past summer. A compiler is a system by which the computer translates a mathematical problem into comâ€" puter language in order to solve the problem. The new compiler may mean multiâ€"million dollar savings to the University in terms of fuâ€" ture computer requirements. The new system is five to 50 times faster than other known methods and already 20 univerâ€" sities and computer users in Canada and the U.S. have beâ€" gun using it. The Waterloe sysâ€" tem, called WATFOR (Waterloo Fortran) was revealed in Chicâ€" ago earlier this month at an inâ€" formation â€" sharing conference of 7040 computer users. The students who developed the _ WATFOR _ compiler _ are Richard Shirley of Ottawa, Anâ€" gus German of Toronto, James Mitchell of Galt and Robert Zarnke of Waterloo. Project director _ was lecturer Peter Shantz, a University of Waterâ€" loo graduate from Preston, Onâ€" tario. The students are now in. the fourth year of honors mathe matics studies. Last year they took _ Mr. â€" Shantz‘s _ graduate course in Computer Programâ€" ming in addition to their reguâ€" lar third year courses. After oxâ€" aminations, they were given summer jobs in the computing centre and worked 12 to 14 hours a day plus weekâ€"ends, from early May to late August, to= devise the WATFOR comâ€" piler in time for the new school year. The new system was urgently needed to obtain greater usage from the overloaded 7040 comâ€" puter, which had only. been inâ€" stalled a year earlier. Robert Zarnke was a member of the U of W team which last year placed sixth in the Putnam Mathematics â€" Competition, in which teams from more than 200 American and Canadian unâ€" iversities were entered. Angus German â€" and Robert Zarnke were members of another U of W mathematics group which last year used the computer to solve Archimedes‘ famous "catâ€" tle problem" which had baffled mathematicians for more than 14 CHARLES ST. THE DARDARIAN RUG RU . COMPANY OF KITCHENER (SAMPLES) ARTISTIC REPAIRING BY OUR EXPERTS SERVING KITCHENERâ€"WATERLOQ FOR 38 YEARS .; FOR F INDIANS AND PERSIANS MIRACLE WASH COMPLETE QA‘E“CT ION OF BROADLOOM Thé Waterloo Chronicle, Wed., Oct. 20, 1065 of W was using a Fortran IV mers to correct errors in their 45â€"6885 SURE SERVICE CALL MODERN WAY EANING 2200 years. "I consider the writing of the WATFOR compiler a highly sigâ€" nificant â€" accomplishment," said Professor J. W. Graham, directâ€" or of U of W‘s computing cenâ€" tre. "A few years ago the same end product would have taken a team of a dozen men at least two years to produce. "The students combined a sophisticated understanding â€" of existing techniques with â€" a sprinkling of new methods to complete the compiler in only four months," he said. "It is a tribute to the maturity of the students that they were able to bring such an enormous task through to completion, considerâ€" ing the organizational problews encountered when more than one person works on a project. It is a further tribute that the end product, the WATFOR comâ€" piler, is not only adequate, but one of the fastest known comâ€" pilers." The project was initiated due to the lack of suitable compiler system â€" for â€" the â€" University‘s needs. U of W installed its IBM 7040 computer a year ago for research use by faculty memâ€" bers and their graduate studâ€" ents. The demand for computer time soon reached the point that more "hardware" such as a larger computer or another simâ€" ilar computer would have to be added to keep up with the work load. The other alternative was the hope that more advarced "software" (computer systems) could be developed which would mean a faster processing by the computer. It was known that .such systems were under invesâ€" tigation at other computer cenâ€" tres in the United States and Canada. â€" The decision to write a new compiler or tranglation system was taken because of the numâ€" ber of benefits it would bring. Like other IBM 7040 yers. U MIFISs If Yoin Are Plgnning 7456281 331 King W., Kitchener SH 5â€"5621 134 King S./ Waterloo AGENCY KITCHENER AVEL tain handicaps to university us ers and other types of scientific operations. The University has a great diversity of problems to be solved by literally hundreds of users who are not experienâ€" ced programmers. Because the Fortran IV compiler was not designed specifically for this usâ€" age, this meant a computer slowdown due to the time inâ€" volved in translating the prob lems and a human slowdown in terms of the length of time it took for inexperienced program THURS. till 9 P.M. People who are uneasy about foreign control of Canadian companies needn‘t worry about Bell. For the fact is, the ownership of Bell is overwhelmingly Canadian. Of 208,000 shareholders, over 203,000 are Canadian residents, and they hold 93.6% of the total shares. The little tag line you see at the bottom of Bell advertisements means just what it says. And since it‘s important that people know the facts about one of Canada‘s most important public service comâ€" panies, we‘ll go on putting it in. Here it is again. ‘ A note _ o the pyominent Canadians who insist that Bell should \ be owned by Canadians. ‘Thov‘ve overlooked one maill point. Bell is already 93.6% Canadianâ€"owned. ogy ) piler answered these problems. 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