Burroughs Corporation records. Edsger W. Dijkstra papers 1971-1979.

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Burroughs Corporation records. Edsger W. Dijkstra papers 1971-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/613437374

Collection contains articles Dijkstra wrote about all aspects of the programming field. The collection also contains a piece Dijkstra wrote for Communications of the ACM (October 1972 - vol.15, no.10) entitled "The Humble Programmer." There is also a very small amount of correspondence regarding the articles Dijkstra wrote.

1 box (1 cubic foot).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7804523

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Burroughs Corporation

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The collection contains manuals for a number of different Burroughs computer systems, including the B6700, the B7000/B6000/B5000 families, and large systems in general. They concentrate on the programming languages (ALGOL and COBOL), but also contain primers on CANDE, WFL, and the DMSII system. From the guide to the Burroughs Corporation records. Product literature., 1910-1984, (Bulk: 1961-1982), (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi]) The HOBO ...

Dijkstra, Edsger Wybe

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Edsger W. Dikjstra was originally from Holland, and while working his way through college, decided to devote more time to programming and less to theoretical physics, eventually becoming a early programmer in the just-developing profession. He was a professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. It isn't very clear what his connection was to Burroughs. From the description of Edsger Wybe Dijkstra papers, 1971-1979. (University of Minnesota, Min...