Monthly Archives: December 2007

The Revised MacLisp Manual goes online

Posted on 12/26/2007 by Paul McJones

MIT’s MacLisp played a key role in Lisp history, but its documentation often lagged the system as developers concentrated on adding features and improving performance. Around the time that Lisp machine development eclipsed PDP-10 MacLisp, this final MacLisp document was … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio observes Fortran’s 50th birthday

Posted on 12/18/2007 by Paul McJones

This week’s episode of BBC Radio’s Digital Planet show includes a short segment on the 50th anniversary of Fortran. The presenter, Gareth Mitchell, interviewed me last week and about 4 minutes of that interview are included. If you’re interested, the … Continue reading →

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Computer History Museum videos coming to YouTube

Posted on 12/12/2007 by Paul McJones

The Computer History Museum has just launched a partnership with YouTube to provide a ComputerHistory “channel”. Right now it has 23 videos from various events and lectures at the museum; if you subscribe (via the orange button), you’ll be notified … Continue reading →

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