In:
ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Vol. 13, No. 8 ( 1978-08), p. 15-44
Abstract:
In preparing this account of some of the developments leading to ALGOL 60 I have primarily sought to present such relevant information that is readily available to myself, but not otherwise accessible or well known. In addition I have tried to answer the specific questions formulated by the organizers of the Conference on the History of Programming Languages. The notes fall in three freely intermixed groups: those that relate to existing documents, those that reflect my own reasoning as a participant in the development, and those that try to answer the organizers' questions. Where the proper support has been lacking I have left open holes in the presentation. Otherwise I have tried to be specific, giving names, dates, and reasons, as far as I have them available. While this manner of presentation seems to me the best way to support more penetrating historical research into the period, it is also bound to give rise to controversy. First, it is openly one-sided, in the manner that any autobiography is. Further, by being specific the presentation will offer sensitive points of attack to those who see the same development from a different angle and with different eyes. When these circumstances are combined with real events that involved differences of opinion and interest, strong reactions are bound to be provoked. This emerged clearly in the remarks from the reviewers of the draft of the paper.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0362-1340
,
1558-1160
DOI:
10.1145/960118.808370
Language:
English
Publisher:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publication Date:
1978
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2079194-X
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282422-X
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