Jerome Garfunkel papers 1977-1989

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Jerome Garfunkel papers 1977-1989

Collection contains Jerome Garfunkel's committee documents, correspondence, minutes, programming language standards drafts, and personal meeting notes from various COBOL and programming languages committees and task groups. The collection documents the development of COBOL and other programming languages from 1977 through 1989, especially the revision of COBOL into COBOL 85.

8 boxes (7.5 cubic feet)

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American National Standards Institute

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International Organization for Standardization

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Conference on Data Systems Languages

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Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL) was a volunteer organization to promote more effective data systems analysis, design, and implementation. Its membership consisted of individuals from industry and government involved in data processing activity. The organization was originally formed in 1959 to guide the development of a standard programming language that could be used on many computers. This effort led to the development of COBOL. From the description of Conference on ...

Garfunkel, Jerome.

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Jerome Garfunkel was a member of many COBOL and programming languages groups, and an observer of the Screen Management Task Group (SMTG), now called Forms Interface Management Systems (FIMS) Committee. From the guide to the Jerome Garfunkel papers, 1977-1989, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. x [cbi]) Member of many COBOL and programming languages standards groups. From the description of Jerome Garfunkel papers, 1977-1989. (Universit...