'CPL Language Papers'
MS. Eng. misc. b. 270/C.155
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Title
'CPL Language Papers'
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. b. 270/C.155
Summary
One folder containing the sequence of 35 papers (plus 3 unnumbered papers at the beginning of the series, and 1 paper between 23 and 24) issued by the CPL team from October 1963-January 1965. These represent a record of the proposals and decisions regarding the language of CPL as well as a record of meetings of the team, held in London and Cambridge, with J. Buxton acting as secretary. All are typescript (many are stencilled copies prepared for distribution to all members of the team) unless indicated otherwise. Many bear annotations by Strachey, some very extensive. They are presented below in numerical order, which corresponds to the brief index Strachey compiled and kept at the beginning of the folder. The descriptive format is name of paper, number of pages, author, date.
'LISTS etc. (Part 1)', 4 pages, Strachey, 10 October 1963.
'LISTS etc. (Part 2)', 9 pages, Strachey, 14 October 1963.
'Data Structure', 9 pages, manuscript, Strachey, 4 October 1963.
1. Minutes of CPL Meeting, 17 October 1963, 3 pages, Buxton (annotated by Strachey), 18 October 1963.
2. A Note on Left-Hand Values, 2 pages, typescript with annotations and 1 page typescript incorporating revisions, Strachey, 13 August 1963, reissued 18 October 1963.
3. 'A Proposal for Lists', 2 pages, Nixon, 31 October 1963.
4. 'Definitions and Allied Topics', 3 pages, Hartley, 28 October 1963.
5. 'Revised Syntax of Definitions, etc.', 2 pages, Hartley, 27 October 1963.
6. Minutes of CPL Meeting, 5 November 1963, 2 pages, Buxton, 13 November 1963.
7. 'Words and Strings', 2 pages, Needham, 14 November 1963.
8. 'for commands', 2 pages, Barron, 14 November 1963.
9. 'A Note on Strings', 2 pages, Buxton, 18 November 1963.
10. Minutes of CPL Meeting, 19 November 1963, 2 pages, Buxton, 2 December 1963.
11. Minutes of CPL Meeting, 8 January 1964, 1 page, Buxton, 9 January 1964.
12. 'Notes on where and function definitions, etc.', 10 pages manuscript, 5 pages typescript, Strachey, 24 January 1964.
13. 'Pre-processor Rules and Syntax', 4 pages, Hartley, 2 February 1964.
14. Minutes of CPL meeting, 29 January 1964, 2 pages, Buxton, 7 February 1964.
15. Minutes of CPL meeting, 18 February 1964, 3 pages, Buxton, 2 March 1964. Strachey queries, 'CPL Paper No. 15?'.
16. 'Left Hand Functions, etc.', 4 pages manuscript, 3 pages typescript, Strachey, n.d.
17. 'CPL Expressions', 2 pages, J.B.H., 20 February 1964.
18. Minutes of CPL meeting, 25 March 1964, 1 page Buxton, 15 April 1964.
19. Untitled paper on fn and rt variables, 1 page, Buxton, 21 April 1964.
20. Minutes of CPL meeting, 30 April 1964, 2 pages, Buxton, 4 May 1964.
21. 'The Pre-processor', 2 pages, Richards, 8 May 1964.
22. 'The Apagesication of Left Hand Functions', 2 pages, Strachey, 6 May 1964.
23. Minutes of CPL meeting, 25 May 1964, 1 page, Buxton, 28 May 1964.
'London CPL I/O and Magnetic Tape Facilities', 3 pages, Buxton, 22 May 1964. Not numbered but retained in the sequence by Strachey.
24. Minutes of CPL meeting, 18 June 1964, 1 page, Buxton, 23 June 1964.
25. 'A-lists', 4 pages manuscript, 4 pages annotated typescript, 2 pages duplicated typescript incorporating revisions, Strachey, 10 September 1964.
26. 'Types of Function Variables', 5 pages, Strachey, 11 September 1964.
27. Minutes of CPL meeting, 3 November 1964, 2 pages, Buxton, 17 November 1964.
28. 'Boolean Expressions', 2 pages manuscript, 1 page typescript, Strachey, 17 November 1964.
29. 'Comment: a Proposal', 1 page, Park, 7 December 1964.
30. Minutes of CPL meeting, 5 January 1965, 1 page, Buxton, 20 January 1965.
31. Minutes of CPL meeting, 2 February 1965, 1 page, Buxton, 5 February 1965.
32. 'Files and I/O', 3 pages, Buxton, 22 February 1965.
33. Minutes of CPL meeting, 30 March 1965, 2 pages, Buxton, April 1965.
34. Minutes of CPL meeting, 6 May 1965, 2 pages, Buxton, 21 June 1965.
35. Minutes of CPL meeting, 29 June 1965, 1 page, Buxton, 7 July 1965.
Date
1963-1965
Language
English
Physical extent
1 file
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Collection contents
Papers and correspondence of Christopher Strachey
Working Papers, Notes, and Calculations
Cambridge University Mathematical Laboratory,
CPL
Published papers
'CPL Language Papers'
