The remaining trouble spots in ALGOL 60

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The remaining trouble spots in ALGOL 60

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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 10 , Issue 10 (October 1967) table of contents

Pages: 611 - 618

Year of Publication: 1967

ISSN:0001-0782

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Donald E. Knuth

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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