Projects

This folder contains folders for Software Preservation Group projects.

ALGOL by Paul McJones — last modified 2010-03-22 19:15

ALGOL 58 (International Algorithmic Language), ALGOL 60, and ALGOL 68

APL by clangeiter — last modified 2011-03-13 09:31

Project to collect APL

Artificial Intelligence by Paul McJones — last modified 2019-03-08 09:49

Historical artifacts from artificial intelligence systems and programming languages.

BCPL by Paul McJones — last modified 2024-12-24 13:05

"British systems language, a descendant of CPL and the inspiration for B and C." [Diarmuid J Pigott, hopl.info]

C++ by Paul McJones — last modified 2007-01-26 03:27

The C++ papers: primary source materials from Bjarne Stroustrup and others relating to the history of the C++ programming language.

FOCAL by Paul McJones — last modified 2024-12-24 13:06

"...I took an editor, a floating point package and the specs for the JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (JOSS) and ideas from the Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (MUMPS) and wrote an interpreter that would do the user's job on the spot and interactively. This program became known as Formula Calculator (FOCAL)." - Rick Merrill

FORTRAN and FORTRAN II by Paul McJones — last modified 2006-09-20 22:50

A collection of artifacts related to the original FORTRAN/FORTRAN II system for the IBM 704/709/7090.

GEDANKEN by Paul McJones — last modified 2012-03-30 15:34

A simple typeless language based on the principle of completeness and the reference concept.

LISP by Paul McJones — last modified 2010-03-13 17:11

A collection of artifacts related to the original LISP I/1.5 system for the IBM 704/709/7090/7094, as well as follow-ons such as PDP-1 LISP, LISP 2, Maclisp, BBN-LISP, Interlisp, Scheme, Common Lisp, etc.

Mesa by Paul McJones — last modified 2010-11-21 15:38

A system programming language designed at Xerox PARC and used for Xerox office automation products.

NLS / AUGMENT by Kathe Gust — last modified 2006-10-22 00:56

File for the NLS / Augment project

PAL by Paul McJones — last modified 2023-03-14 10:54

PAL, the Pedagogic Algorithmic Language designed by Martin Richards and others at MIT.

Poplar by Paul McJones — last modified 2023-03-14 10:53

A functional programming language designed by James H. Morris, Jr., Eric Schmidt, and Philip Wadler.

Prolog by Paul McJones — last modified 2023-03-15 19:26

A collection of artifacts related to the original Marseille Prolog interpreters and many follow-ons.

SETL by Paul McJones — last modified 2021-02-25 11:41

A collection of artifacts from the SETL programming language designed by Jack Schwartz and his colleagues at New York University.

Programming Languages by Paul McJones — last modified 2010-11-21 13:20

 

Functional Programming by Paul McJones — last modified 2010-06-29 14:16

Languages that emphasize the definition and application of functions, including PAL.

Operating Systems by Michael L Powell — last modified 2009-05-10 08:13

Source code, design documents, and other materials concerning the origins and development of operating systems.

Program Verification by Paul McJones — last modified 2011-01-19 17:09

 

Books of Computer History by Paula Newman — last modified 2006-10-22 14:30

This project collects, organizes, and annotates, the books of computer history.

Directory of Software Collections by Dick Blaine — last modified 2006-10-22 14:27

The folder contains information about and links to software collectors and collections.

Interactive C Environments by Paul McJones — last modified 2017-09-08 19:41

Materials related to interactive environments for C and similar languages.

The History of Emacs by Paul McJones — last modified 2017-12-17 12:13

All versions of Emacs

POP-2 by Paul McJones — last modified 2023-02-21 09:34