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Wilkes/I/G/1
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- 1967–1981 (Creation)
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125pp. paper
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Correspondence with John W. Mauchly, 1967, re the evolution of the stored-program concept; Sam Fuller re the influence of Project Whirlwind on microprogramming; Walter F. Bauer, Informatics Inc.; Brian Randell, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Stanley Gill, PA Management Consultants Ltd; Jane M. Pugh, Science Museum; J. E. Larter, Scientific Periodicals Library Cambridge; David Rees, University of Exeter; B. S. Swann, PSI London; B. E. Carpenter, Massey University, Palmerston North NZ (in his reply MVW gives his candid opinion of Turing); Tom Gold, Cornell University; Stephen J. Bacon, ICL; John Pinkerton, ICL; Arthur W. Burks, University of Michigan; J. H. Wilkinson, National Physical Laboratory; Donald E. Knuth, Stanford; Tom Kilburn, University of Manchester; Jack Minker, University of Maryland; S. H. Lavington, University of Manchester; Peter Naur (enclosing draft paper 'Impressions of the early days of programming'); Andrzej Blikle, Polish Academy of Sciences; C. A. R. Hoare, Oxford Programming Research Group; Nick Metropolis, Los Alamos; Samuel H. Fuller, Carnegie Mellon University.