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In praise of 'Wilkes, Wheeler, and Gill'

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Reflections on the first textbook on programming.

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  1. Goldstine, H.G. and von Neumann, J. Planning and Coding of Problems for an Electronic Computing Instrument, 1947--1948.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. Wilkes, M.V., Wheeler, D.J., and Gill, S. The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer, Addison-Wesley, 1951.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 54, Issue 9
            September 2011
            121 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/1995376
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