First Draft of the Programming Language COBOL

First Draft of the Programming Language COBOL

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During 1959 the first plans for the computer language COBOL emerged as a result of meetings of several committees and subcommittees of programmers from American business and government. This heavily annotated typescript was prepared during a special meeting of the language subcommittee of the Short-Range Committee held in New York City in November. COBOL programs would actually run the following summer, and the same program was successfully tested on computers of two different manufacturers in December 1960.
Reference: Jean E. Sammet, "The Early History of COBOL," History of Programming Languages, ed. Richard L. Wexelblat, New York: Academic Press, 1981, 199-277.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
documentation
date made
1959
maker
Conference on Data Systems Languages. Language Subcommittee of the Short-Range Committee
Place Made
United States: New York, New York City
Physical Description
plastic (container material)
metal (container material)
paper (inside material)
Measurements
overall: 12 in x 10 in x 1 3/4 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm x 4.445 cm
ID Number
2010.3050.4
catalog number
2010.3050.4
nonaccession number
2010.3050
Credit Line
Courtesy of Howard Bromberg
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Comments

A really valuable document for the historian or the curious. A complete scan of the document would be valuable.

John Melcher, Jr.

Wed, 2014-02-19 11:14

"HelloIs it possible to scan the whole document, and put it online.It is a part of Computer Sciences at a very early stage.Thank you so muchAntónio"

António Barata

Wed, 2014-02-19 04:32

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