Browsing by Subject "C (Computer program language)"
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Item Oral history interview with Gayle Spiess(Charles Babbage Institute, 2015-12-14) Spiess, GayleGayle Spiess grew up in Minneapolis and attended Valparaiso University (in Indiana), graduating in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. She had worked for Sperry Univac one summer during college, then after graduating took a full-time professional position at Plant 8 (Eagan, MN) doing programming for a Navy ship project. She notes support from her direct supervisor as well as self-study in 16-bit assembler code, which she used for more than a dozen years. Her working group was stable for 3-4 years, even when she physically worked on a top secret project in Building 6 near the original Engineering Research Associates (ERA) plant in St. Paul. Back in Eagan, she worked on a Navy communication system (NAVMACS) and assisted with warship installations in Virginia, Japan, and Australia. Later she did programming with the high-level language ADA as well as C, which became the dominant programming language. A major responsibility was software for the air traffic control (ATC) group from 1993 to 2002 (eventually part of Lockheed Martin), then first-line management and project engineering for ATC (2002-7). She discusses recruitment and characteristics of successful project teams and managerial strategies for them. She also relates observations about changes in corporate culture with the Unisys merger, Loral acquisition, and Lockheed Martin purchase. This material is based on work funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award B2014-07 “Tripling Women’s Participation in Computing (1965-1985).”Item Oral history interview with Gregg M. Townsend(Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-07-26) Townsend, Gregg M.Townsend describes how he became involved with the Icon project under the direction of Ralph Griswold as a graduate student. He discusses the work environment and staffing of the project and concludes the interview with a brief comparison of the C and Icon programming languages.Item Oral history interview with Stephen W. Dunwell(Charles Babbage Institute, 1989-02-13) Dunwell, Steve, 1913-1994Dunwell describes the development of data processing equipment at International Business Machines in the mid-twentieth century. He discusses early data processing and cryptanalytic equipment before focusing on the development of computers following World War II. In this context, he describes IBM's Poughkeepsie Laboratory, John von Neumann's contributions as an IBM consultant, and the IBM 701 and STRETCH (7030) computers.Item Oral history interview with Stephen Wampler(Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-07-25) Wampler, StephenWampler discusses his work on the development of the ICON programming language in the late 1970s at the University of Arizona under Ralph Griswold. Wampler focuses on the implementation of Version 3 of ICON written in the C programming language.Item Oral history interview with Thomas Muir Gallie(Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-07-11) Gallie, Thomas M.Gallie focuses on his experiences as a limited term program officer in the Office of Computing Activities of the National Science Foundation (NSF). He discusses his own work and that of Milt Rose, Arthur Melmed, and Kent Curtis related to the support of computer-assisted instruction. He describes the impact of Don Bitzer and the PLATO system, the process of proposal evaluation, grants related to the use of computers in the classroom, and NSF's Regional Computing Program.Item Oral history interview with William Mitchell(Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-07-25) Mitchell, William, 1943-Mitchell discusses his introduction to Icon through his use of SPITBOL. He describes the process of making Icon compatible to various environments and notes the types of documentation and tools that are produced. He talks about several research assistants that he worked with on the Icon project. Mitchell discusses the usability of Icon in a software development environment and describes the use of C in conjunction with Icon.