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Strachey and the development of CPL

Strachey 100: an Oxford Computing Pioneer by Oxford University

Jun 26, 201734:50Education

Chrisopher Strachey was the most significant contributor to the design and implementation of the programming language CPL. At the time there was little understanding of the complexities of computer language design and ho...

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