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"History of Programming Languages", Thomas J. Bergin/Richard G. Gibson (ed),
1995, 0-201-89502-1, U$49.44
%E   Thomas J. Bergin
%E   Richard G. Gibson
%C   1 Jacob Way, Reading, MA   01867-9984
%D   1995
%G   0-201-89502-1
%I   Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
%O   U$49.44 800-822-6339 617-944-3700 Fax: (617) 944-7273 bkexpress@aw.com
%P   864
%T   "History of Programming Languages"
 
This is a collection of papers and materials from the Second ACM SIGPLAN
History of Programming Languages Conference (HOPL-II), April 20-23, 1993.  The
conference had both invited and submitted papers, and covered Ada, Algol 68, C,
C++, CLU, Discrete Simulation Languages, FORMAC, Forth, Icon, Lisp, Concurrent
Pascal, Pascal, and Smalltalk.  Each language has a paper on its history, and
may also have a transcript of the presentation of the paper at the conference,
reaction from a discussant, and a transcript of the question and answer period
at the conference.
 
Invited papers had at least two years to prepare, as well as assistance in
terms of the questions to be answered and advice on how best to write a paper
for the historical record.  In spite of this, there is a lot of variation in
the style and content of the papers.  Some essays concentrate almost
exclusively on technical details.  Still, overall there is a wealth of material
and insight, as well as amusing nuggets of historical trivia.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKHOPLII.RVW   960621

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