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From programming language design to computer construction
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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 28 ,  Issue 2  (February 1985) table of contents
Pages: 160 - 164  
Year of Publication: 1985
ISSN:0001-0782
Author
Niklaus Wirth  Xerox Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

From NELIAC (via ALGOL 60) to Euler and ALGOL W, to Pascal and Modula-2, and ultimately Lilith, Wirth's search for an appropriate formalism for systems programming yields intriguing insights and surprising results.


CITED BY  5
Naomi S. Baron, The future of computer languages: implications for education, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, v.18 n.1, p.44-49, February 1986
Robert L. Ashenhurst, ACM forum, Communications of the ACM, v.28 n.11, p.1117-1120, Nov. 1985
Morton Goldberg, A response to "some concerns about Modula-2", ACM SIGPLAN Notices, v.20 n.8, August 1985
Robert P. Cook, An Empirical Analysis of the Lilith Instruction Set, IEEE Transactions on Computers, v.38 n.1, p.156-158, January 1989
Henry G. Baker, Precise instruction scheduling without a precise machine model, ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News, v.19 n.6, p.4-8, Dec. 1991

INDEX TERMS

Classification:
  D. Software
  D.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.2 HISTORY OF COMPUTING
      Subjects: Software


General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Languages


REVIEW

"Irving Luckom : Reviewer"

In this Turing Award Lecture, Wirth provides us with a very interesting insight into the thought processes of one of the outstanding programming language designers of our times. Wirth's lecture is both a history of his work and a set of concise,  more...

Collaborative Colleagues:
Niklaus Wirth: colleagues

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