27 Sep
2004
27 Sep
'04
1:53 a.m.
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Tom Jennings wrote:
Less well-known but historically more interesting is
his 'planKalculus',
his algorithmic nomenclature he worked up to describe computer
programs. He even had chess-playing code! It's described in fair detail
in A HIST. OF COMP. 20TH CENT. (1980, MIT press) by Knuth.
For a good history of Zuse's early work I highly recommend his
autobiography, _The Computer--My Life_:
http://www.quantumbooks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_…
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