Oral history interview with Ralph E. and Madge T. Griswold, 1990 July 25.

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Oral history interview with Ralph E. and Madge T. Griswold, 1990 July 25.

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Ralph and Madge Griswold recall the development of the Icon programming language. Ralph Griswold begins the interview with a description of the evolution of Icon from SNOBOL4 during his work at Bell Laboratories in the early 1960s. In this context he describes the difficulties of developing software in a corporate environment. Most of the interview focuses on the development of Icon after Griswold took a faculty position at the University of Arizona.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Computer scientist and president of The Bright Forest Company, respectively. From the description of Ralph and Madge Griswold Papers, 1950-1993. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423386 From the description of Oral history interview with Ralph E. and Madge T. Griswold, 1993 Sept. 29. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63278243 Computer scientists. From the description of Oral history interview with Ral...