Technical work 1960s: mostly Orion Autocode project
MS. Landin 104
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Technical work 1960s: mostly Orion Autocode project
Shelfmark
MS. Landin 104
Summary
Comprises:
(folder 1) 'Orion Handbook for Mathematical Work - Sympol', notes on 'Refining SECD machines to consecutively addressed computer stores' and 'Environments, Closures, Identifiers, Variables'
(folder 2) notes on 'Stacks', document 'PF 172 Computer'; 'U[nivac] documents
(folder 3) 'Bootsrapping the syntax [of ISWIM]' and Landin's annotated copy of provisional user's handbook for Orion Autocode.
Date
Nov 1960-surveyed 1994, mostly 1960s
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (3 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Peter Landin, computer scientist, academic and gay rights campaigner
Work papers
Technical work, research and projects
Technical work 1960s: mostly Orion Autocode project
