The Development of Computer Programming in Britain (1945 to 1955)

@article{CampbellKelly1982TheDO,
  title={The Development of Computer Programming in Britain (1945 to 1955)},
  author={Martin Campbell-Kelly},
  journal={Annals of the History of Computing},
  year={1982},
  volume={4},
  pages={121-139}
}
  • M. Campbell-Kelly
  • Published 1 April 1982
  • Computer Science
  • Annals of the History of Computing
By 1950 there were three influential centers of programming in Britain where working computers had been constructed: Cambridge University (the EDSAC), Manchester University (the Mark I), and the National Physical Laboratory (the Pilot ACE). At each of these centers a distinctive style of programming evolved, largely independently of the others. This paper describes how the three schools of programming influenced programming for the other stored-program computers constructed in Britain up to the… 
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