cobol trivia in a.f.c. posts about cp67 group splitting off from the science center (on the 4th flr) and moving to the 3rd flr, absorbing the boston programming group (on its way to morphing into vm370): http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013c.html#8 OT: CPL on LCM systems [was Re: COBOL will outlive us all] http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013c.html#10 OT: CPL on LCM systems [was Re: COBOL will outlive us all]
Jean Sammat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_E._Sammet from above: Sammet was employed by Sperry Gyroscope from 1955 to 1958 where she supervised the first scientific programming group. From 1958 to 1961, she worked for Sylvania as a staff consultant for programming research and a member of the original COBOL group ... snip ... http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/sammet from above: She joined IBM in 1961 to organize and manage the Boston Programming Center. She initiated the concept, and directed the development, of the first FORMAC (FORmula MAnipulation Compiler. (FORMAC was the first widely used general language and system for manipulating nonnumeric algebraic expressions.) ... snip ... other recent posts on the subject: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013b.html#42 COBOL will outlive us all http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013b.html#43 Article for the boss: COBOL will outlive us all http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013b.html#45 Article for the boss: COBOL will outlive us all http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013b.html#51 Article for the boss: COBOL will outlive us all http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2013b.html#52 Article for the boss: COBOL will outlive us all -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
