B.C.S. Committee on programming notation, 1959-1962

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MS. Eng. misc. b. 285/E.9

Held at the Weston Library

Folder of drafts for papers produced by the Committee. Includes:

'Suggestions for Notations': 6-page manuscript and 4-page typescript draft by Strachey, 26 February 1959, considered by the Committee at its meeting on 3 March.
'Towards a Common Programming Language'.
Three typescript drafts of paper by Gill describing the aims of the Committee and including examples drawn from Strachey's notes (above). 3-page, 4-page and 5-page drafts, all annotated by Strachey. The final version was published in the The Computer Bulletin, vol.3, no. 1, April 1959.
Typescript draft (5 pages, annotated by Strachey) of a paper on layout of cycles and on operators (probably prepared by H.H. Robertson with M. Woodger), 29 June 1959, published in the The Computer Bulletin, vol.3, no.3.
'Notations for Subroutines', 5 typescript drafts of a paper on this subject (4-page, 5-page, 7-page, 7-page, 8-page, all annotated by Strachey). The last one bears extensive comments by P. Landin.
'Some notes on the use of auxiliary subroutines', 2-page draft by D. Wheeler, 2-page note by Strachey, 19 February 1960, commenting on Wheeler's draft, 2 pages. 'Some further notes on the use of subroutines', 31 March 1960, annotated by Strachey and Landin.

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MS. Eng. misc. b. 285/E.9

CSAC 71.1.80/E.9

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