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excerpt: "Two major packages have just been released by the PROGS (note their adverts in this issue). The first is the long-awaited \"Version 3 of DATADESIGN\" (fully relational database) now offered in two configurations. The first section is the DATABASE and the second is DATADESIGN API (application Programming Interface) that allows the user to program DATADESIGN…"
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# Software News

Two major packages have just been released by the PROGS (note their adverts in this issue). The first is the long-awaited “Version 3 of DATADESIGN” (fully relational database) now offered in two configurations. The first section is the DATABASE and the second is DATADESIGN API (application Programming Interface) that allows the user to program DATADESIGN in SuperBASIC, C, or Assembler.