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Quote: Strachey's first program was 20 pages long; after fixing a couple of errors, it ran to completion and played "God Save the King"

topics > all references > references c-d > QuoteRef: campB4_1980 , p. 133



Topic:
history of programming
Topic:
programmer productivity
Topic:
history of computers

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One visitor to the [University of Manchester's Computing Machine Laboratory] of particular interest … [Strachey's] programme was about 20 pages long (over … length caused not a little amusement among the … I. After a couple of errors were fixed, … (loudspeaker). On that day Strachey acquired a formidable …   Google-1   Google-2

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