From programming language design to computer construction

Authors:
Niklaus Wirth
Affiliations:
Xerox Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
1985

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Abstract

From NELIAC (via ALGOL 60) to Euler and ALGOL W, to Pascal and Modula-2, and ultimately Lilith, Wirth's search for an appropriate formalism for systems programming yields intriguing insights and surprising results.