http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Algol Posts tagged with 'Algol' at MetaFilter. Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:56:15 -0800 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:56:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/122701/STORIES%2DABOUT%2DTHE%2DB5000%2DAND%2DPEOPLE%2DWHO%2DWERE%2DTHERE%2DBy%2DRichard%2DWaychoff <a href="http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Knuth_Don_X4100/PDF_index/k-8-pdf/k-8-u2779-B5000-People.pdf">STORIES ABOUT THE B5000 AND PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE By Richard Waychoff</a> <small>[PDF of scanned document]</small>, or <a href="http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/B5000-AlgolRWaychoff.html">Text Version</a>. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/"><small>[Via]</small></a>. Entertaining memoir about the early days of computing, featuring several great anecdotes, notably one about college student Donald Knuth, hired by the Burroughs corporation to write an Algol Compiler on his summer vacation. Knuth, who needs no introduction to anyone interested in computing, describes the job in <a href="http://www.webofstories.com/play/17086">this video</a>. (<a href="http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Knuth_Don_X4100/PDF_index/k-2-pdf/k-2-c1039-ALGOL-B205.pdf">This</a> appears to be the handwritten compiler source code and notes written by Knuth in motel rooms during the month-long drive in his Volkswagen to the Burroughs office in California.) tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.122701 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:56:15 -0800 Algol B5000 Burroughs Compilers ComputingHistory DonaldKnuth JeffL