Catalogue description 'Fundamental Concepts in Programming Languages'.

This record is held by Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections

Details of CSAC 71.1.80/F.40-F.54
Reference: CSAC 71.1.80/F.40-F.54
Title: 'Fundamental Concepts in Programming Languages'.
Description:

This was a course of lectures given at the International Summer School in Computer Programming, Copenhagen, August 1967. Publication of the Proceedings was held up by editorial dilatoriness for so long that it was shelved, and Strachey continued to revise and rewrite his paper in the hope of having it published elsewhere as an extended journal article or a monograph. It remained unpublished, though some 250 copies were privately circulated.

 

Strachey described Fundamental Concepts as 'an important paper; it describes the basic principles underlying computing in a relatively unmathematical manner'.

 

In view of the importance Strachey attached to this unpublished paper, a full record of its composition and revisions has been retained.
Date: 1967
Related material:

See CSAC 71.1.80/H.19-CSAC 71.1.80/H.21
Held by: Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections, not available at The National Archives
Language: English

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