By H. N. Cantrell, J. King, F. E. H. King
Communications of the ACM,
June 1961,
Vol. 4 No. 6, Pages 272-275
10.1145/366573.366601
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Logic tables are an excellent way of developing and expressing the logic required in procedures, operations, systems and circuits. A set of rules for writing and using logic tables is explained by means of some simple examples. Then the logic structure of a vending machine is given in which two logic tables are used. Logic tables are two-dimensional in nature, enabling us to fully express and consider both the sequential and parallel aspects of logic. They can be compiled directly into a computer program and so eliminate the need for flow charting and hand coding.
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