Debugging computers in the 1950s sounds like it wasn’t an easy task. That’s one of the interesting facts from this fascinating talk by [Guy Fedorkow] about the Whirlwind, one of the first digital ...

In the first of a series of articles about the development of computing languages, we look at the struggle to create the first high level languages. If you are interested in the development of ...

When we talk about a “computer” today, we generally picture an electronic machine that can perform various kinds of mathematical operations, manage its program flow, move data from one place to ...

WESLEY ALLISON CLARK passed away at his home in Brooklyn, New York, on February 22, 2016, at age 88. He was a pioneering architect of several revolutionary computers in the 1950s and 1960s, all ...

Computers have been an important tool at the Lab since its inception. Researchers utilized UNIVAC computers in the early 1950s, and now have access to some of the fastest supercomputers in the world.

Once Fortran had shown how to construct compilers the flood gates were open. It was possible to design and implement any language that a bored programmer could dream up. I suppose we should be ...