In the spring of 1965 the authors decided to prepare and publish a Reference Manual which would contain a complete description of CPL as it then stood. The first draft was prepared by J.N. Buxton after a series of meetings at which the authors discussed the points at issue. A second draft was then prepared by Buxton, Hartley, Richards, Coulouris and Park, each one writing one or more sections. These were then revised, edited and partly rewritten by Strachey. This is a loose-leaf…

Large loose-leaf notebook containing correspondence and notes exchanged between Strachey at M.I.T. and Park at Cambridge (acting on behalf of the CPL authors) regarding revision and editing of the Reference Manual. Over the course of 7 months (the correspondence dates from 28 September 1965 to 16 March 1966) Strachey sent lengthy comments and notes on the draft (MS. Eng. misc. b. 269/C.148 above) which were then discussed by the authors in England and their decision communicated back to…

One folder of material assembled by Strachey for use in editing and revision of reference manual while he was at M.I.T. Typescript of table of contents with notes by Strachey of progress of each section (draft, typescript, editing, completed, assembled). Comments by M. Richards and D. Park. Miscellaneous manuscript notes (none dated or titled) by Strachey while formulating revisions. 'Some Linguistic Problems in the Choice of Mathematical…

Draft as revised and edited by Strachey. Most of the sections are dated November-December 1965 or January-February 1966; these are photocopies of editions produced on the CTSS system at M.I.T. and sent by Strachey to Park on 10 and 28 February and 2 and 16 March. (See MS. Eng. misc. b. 269/C.149 for correspondence relating to the production of this draft.) The table of contents on page 1 of the draft bears manuscript annotations by Strachey to show which sections were missing or…

This was Strachey's annotated and revised copy. This eventually became the first part of the Working Papers (MS. Eng. misc. b. 270/C.153). The manuscript amendments and annotations by Strachey were transferred to the version included in the Working Papers so that the Programming Manual would not have to be re-typed. Inserted at the back of the Manual is a 3-page 'Supplement to the CPLElementary Programming Manual' by L.J.D. McIntyre, 9 May 1966, which describes the facilities…