REVIEW.TXT Please complete, in machine readable form, one of these review forms for each VAX SIG LIBRARY entry that you have been asked to review. Send the completed review files on a floppy or a tape to the VAX SIG LIBRARIAN. VAX SIG LIBRARY PROGRAM REVIEW Program Name: Program Number: (leave blank) Version: Creation Date: Review Date: Reviewer Information: Name: Affiliation: Address: City/State: Zip: Telephone: DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURE REVIEW 1. ( ) Yes ( ) No Were all files present and complete? If no, please explain. 2. ( ) Yes ( ) No Were all files readable in the VAX TAPE format as distributed? DOCUMENTATION REVIEW 1. ( ) Yes ( ) No Is the documentation complete? If no, please explain. 2. ( ) Yes ( ) No Are there unstated restrictions or features? If yes, please indicate them and indicate how you corrected them. 3. ( ) Yes ( ) No Is the documentation easy to use? Suggest reasonable reorganization if possible. 4. ( ) Yes ( ) No Is the program abstract appropriate. What changes would you suggest? 5. ( ) Yes ( ) No Are there "dangerous" features which a system manager might want to disable before putting the program onto a system? If yes, and such features are not described, please indicate. PROGRAM REVIEW 1. Operating System: Version: 2. Compiler/Interpreter: Version: Compiler/Interpreter: Version: 3. Memory Requirement: KB 4. Did the program files all compile without errors? If not, list the names of files which did not compile or attach listings of the compilations. 5. ( ) Yes ( ) No Did the program files load correctly? List names of missing programs or global references. 6. ( ) Yes ( ) No Does the program perform as documented? List any undocumented program error messages or monitor error messages you discovered. 7. List deficiencies which might be easily remedied or any error- detecting which should be implemented within the program. 8. ( ) Yes ( ) No Is the program easy to use? Are the commands or input data formats ambiguous? 9. ( ) Yes ( ) No Is the program documented internally well enough for a user to make minor changes easily? 10. If you have made improvements to the programs or documentation and if this has been done in machine readable form, please return the changed files as you now have them to the VAX SIG LIBRARIAN. 11. ( ) Yes ( ) No Does the program require special hardware? If yes, please describe. 12. ( ) Yes ( ) No Are these hardware requirements really necessary? GENERAL COMMENTS 1. ( ) Yes ( ) No Does the program provide the same service as programs already on the VMS operating system? If yes, which ones? 2. ( ) Yes ( ) No Is the program title appropriate? (e.g. is it reasonably descriptive) If no, please suggest another title. 3. ( ) Yes ( ) No Should the program be submitted to the DECUS LIBRARY (as opposed to the VAX SIG LIBRARY)? If no, explain. 4. Please list keywords which best describe this program.