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I'd like to get a copy of a digitized version of this paper. Also, can anyone point to information about the response from CS academics and software engineers t

I'd like to get a copy of a digitized version of this paper. Also, can anyone point to information about the response from CS academics and software engineers to its publication?

james_hague 10y ago
I'm quoting a citation-free sentence from Wikipedia (ugh), but it sums up what I've always heard: "this paper did less to garner interest in the FP language than to spark research into functional programming in general."
pherq 10y ago
There's a record around of correspondence between Dijkstra and Backus relating to the lecture. Don't know of many other reviews off hand. https://medium.com/@acidflask/this-guys-arrogance-takes-your-breath-away-5b903624ca5f https://medium.com/@acidflask/this-guys-arrogance-takes-your...