Before starting this historical description of COBOL, it is essential to point out several factors
relating to my involvement with this particular paper. First, during the entire time that I had …

Before starting this historical description of COBOL, it is essential to point out several factors
relating to my involvement with this particular paper. First, during the entire time that I had …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the origins and creation of the COBOL
Committee, short-range committee activities, Relationship of FACT to COBOL, producing the …

The two definitive presentations of the history of programming languages are: Programming
Languages: History and Fundamentals, by Jean E. Sammet, and History of Programming …

In May 1959 a group of about 40 representatives from computer manufacturers, US
government agencies, and computer-using private companies met at the Pentagon to begin …

Based on interviews, reviews of the literature, and personal impressions, the author offers
historical, technical, and social/psychological perspectives on the fragile relationship …

Sammet and Garfunkel Trace some of the changes in COBOL from its initial 1960
specifications to its current draft 1985 standard. Sammet was there at the beginning, and …

MICHAEL MARCOTTY: This morning our subject is COBOL, and our main speaker is Jean
Sammet. At the time of the start of the COBOL effort, Jean was Section Head for the …

COBOL is a programming language known to a large number of people who work in data
processing. It is less known to the general public, and chemists becom—ing involved in data …

The Program Committee felt that it might be of some interest to you to get two pieces of
information. One was some perception of what his happened in the programming language …