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> From: Norman Jaffe via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: Early Programming Books
> Date: June 20, 2021 at 10:26:27 AM EDT
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> I have two books on ALGOL 60 from 1962 -
> A Guide to ALGOL Programming, Daniel D. McCracken
> A Primer Of ALGOL 60 Programming, E.W. Dijkstra
Dijkstra and Zonneveld wrote the first ALGOL compiler in 1961, so there might
be documents from that time, most likely in the CWI (Mathematical Center)
archives.
There's a course textbook on programming that is not machine specific, by
Dekker, Dijkstra and van Wijngaarden, "Course on programming automatic
calculating machines", November 1957. It's quite extensive; the document is
110 pages long.
paul
