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| Title | The early Nordic software effort |
| Author/s | Ingemar Dahlstrand |
| Department/s |
Department of Computer Science
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| Full-text | Full text is not available in this archive |
| Publication/Series | History of Nordic Computing |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| Volume | 174 |
| Pages | 239 - 249 |
| Document type | Conference |
| Conference name | 1st Working Conference on the History of Nordic Computing |
| Conference date | Jun 16-18, 2003 |
| Conference location | Trondheim, Norway |
| Status | published |
| Quality controlled | yes |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Abstract English | Early Nordic cooperation comprised ideas, programs, even computer blueprints and resulted in rapid progress. Regnecentralen contributed importantly in developing Algol 60. Algol for Facit EDB was used at many sites. Further advances were Datasaab's Algol Genius and the Norwegian Simula project. Regrettably, failure of our compiler companies led to software setbacks. We revisit the Algol debates considering later advances like functional programming. For example, provability of programs depends on recursion and absence of side effects. Computer progress forced cooperation between people from different environments. Too little was done consciously to avoid the ensuing cultural clashes, which impeded progress. |
| Subject |
Technology and Engineering |
| Keywords | Algol 60, Nordic historical efforts, software, compilers |
| ISBN/ISSN/Other |
ISSN: 1571-5736 ISBN: 9780387241678 |
