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[BACKUS, John W. (b.1924).] (1) "FORTRAN introductory programmer's manual. Section I. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, March 20, 1957. "Reproduced typescript. (2) "FORTRAN introductory programmer's manual. Section II. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, April 10, 1957." Reproduced typescript. (3) "FORTRAN introductory programmer's manual. Section III. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, June 7, 1957." Reproduced typescript. (4) "Preliminary operator's manual [for] the FORTRAN automatic coding system for the IBM 704 EDPM." Photocopy of typescript. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, April 8, 1957. (5) BACKUS et al. "The FORTRAN automatic coding system." N.p, n.d. [1957]. Reproduced typescript. (6) BACKUS. Typed letter signed (photocopy) to John Greenstadt. New York, April 24, 1957. (7) Backus. Typed letter signed (photocopy) to Franz E. Ross. New York, May 7, 1957. (8) FNEDT1. "FORTRAN editing program. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, May 8, 1957." Reproduced typescript.
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[BACKUS, John W. (b.1924).] (1) "FORTRAN introductory programmer's manual. Section I. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, March 20, 1957. "Reproduced typescript. (2) "FORTRAN introductory programmer's manual. Section II. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, April 10, 1957." Reproduced typescript. (3) "FORTRAN introductory programmer's manual. Section III. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, June 7, 1957." Reproduced typescript. (4) "Preliminary operator's manual [for] the FORTRAN automatic coding system for the IBM 704 EDPM." Photocopy of typescript. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, April 8, 1957. (5) BACKUS et al. "The FORTRAN automatic coding system." N.p, n.d. [1957]. Reproduced typescript. (6) BACKUS. Typed letter signed (photocopy) to John Greenstadt. New York, April 24, 1957. (7) Backus. Typed letter signed (photocopy) to Franz E. Ross. New York, May 7, 1957. (8) FNEDT1. "FORTRAN editing program. New York: Programming Research Department, IBM, May 8, 1957." Reproduced typescript.
Together 8 items in a single volume bound in black cloth. Provenance: Institut für Praktische Mathematik, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, with rubber stamp.
EXTREMELY EARLY DOCUMENTATION ON FORTRAN. The three sections of the FORTRAN Introductory Programmer's Manual (nos. [1]-[3]) were distributed in advance of publication "to permit [their] easy use for teaching purposes." No. (4) was distributed with the first FORTRAN system tapes; "it describes how to use the tape editor and how to maintain the library of functions. Five pages of such general instructions are followed by thirty-two pages of error stops" (Backus 1981, 40). No. (5) is a reprint, nos. (6)-(7) are copies of letters Backus sent to members of IBM's SHARE program, and no. (8) is a program for producing "an up-to-date FORTRAN system tape from an original master tape and an up-to-date correction deck." When OOC was written, OCLC cited no copies of this work. OOC 447.
Together 8 items in a single volume bound in black cloth. Provenance: Institut für Praktische Mathematik, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, with rubber stamp.
EXTREMELY EARLY DOCUMENTATION ON FORTRAN. The three sections of the FORTRAN Introductory Programmer's Manual (nos. [1]-[3]) were distributed in advance of publication "to permit [their] easy use for teaching purposes." No. (4) was distributed with the first FORTRAN system tapes; "it describes how to use the tape editor and how to maintain the library of functions. Five pages of such general instructions are followed by thirty-two pages of error stops" (Backus 1981, 40). No. (5) is a reprint, nos. (6)-(7) are copies of letters Backus sent to members of IBM's SHARE program, and no. (8) is a program for producing "an up-to-date FORTRAN system tape from an original master tape and an up-to-date correction deck." When OOC was written, OCLC cited no copies of this work. OOC 447.
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