Embracing the Algol Effort in Czechoslovakia

DURNOVÁ, Helena. Embracing the Algol Effort in Czechoslovakia. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. IEEE Computer Society, 2014, vol. 36, No 4, p. 26-37. ISSN 1058-6180. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2014.51.

Basic information

Original name

Embracing the Algol Effort in Czechoslovakia

Authors

DURNOVÁ, Helena (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE Computer Society, 2014, 1058-6180

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.217

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/14:00079156

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2014.51

UT WoS

000346320000003

Keywords in English

EPOS Algol; history of computing; Algol 60; programming in Czechoslovakia; SAPO computer; EPOS computer

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

In the 1950s, Czechoslovakian computing was more famous for its fault-tolerant computers, SAPO and EPOS, than for developments in automatic programming. However, the Algol effort did not go unnoticed there. It was quite the contrary, even though its appeal to Czechoslovakian computer programmers only became manifest in their work after the publication of the preliminary report on the algorithmic language in 1958. The publication of the full Algol 60 report was well noted and the "Algol craze" spread quickly in Czechoslovakia. This article traces the history of programming methods and techniques in Czechoslovakia until the first Czechoslovakian Algol compiler in the early 1960s.