Browsing by Subject "Programming languages (Electronic computers)"

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    Oral history interview with Florence Pessin
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1981-06-24) Pessin, Florence
    Pessin discusses her involvement at IBM with programming languages such as FORTRAN and FOR TRANSIT.
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    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.
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    Oral history interview with Kenneth Walker
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1990-07-26) Walker, Kenneth
    Walker describes the work environment of the Icon project. He discusses the process of language development, his interactions with Ralph Griswold, the level of staffing at the project, and his own work on Icon development, especially on an Icon compiler.
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    Oral history interview with Luanne Johnson
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2008-08-12) Johnson, Luanne
    This interview addresses the work of software products industry pioneer/entrepreneur Luanne Johnson. She discusses her early career prior to programming, her training and first jobs in the programming field, work with Comm-Sci prior to buying out the founder, her launch of early software products firm (Argonaut Information Systems), the successes and challenges with this enterprise, and her leadership within the trade association, ADAPSO (and ITAA).
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    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.