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The Descriptor: a definition of the B5000 information processing system (1961)
- jleader 15y agoSee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_large_systems#B5000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_large_systems#B5000 for background. Some noteworthy firsts: First commercial implementation of virtual memory Tagged, stack-based architecture, designed for easier compiler implementation Most of the OS and other systems software written in a high-level language (a dialect of Algol 67) The descendant of this architecture is still in production as the Unisys ClearPath/MCP architecture (edited for formatting)
- jleader 15y agoGah, of course I meant Algol 60 (a much simpler language than Algol 68, there was no Algol 67)!
- gruseom 15y agoThis is a follow-up to recent threads/posts: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2855500 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2855500 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2855508 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2855508 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2856567 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2856567 I highly recommend the last one. All of it, not just the linked passage. I doubt I've ever enjoyed reading a technical memoir so much.