| Title: |
Friedrich L. Bauer
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| Local code: |
OH 128
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
Bauer briefly reviews his early life and education in Bavaria through his years in the German army during World War
II. He discusses his education in mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Munich through the
completion of his Ph.D. in 1952. He explains how he first came in contact with work on modern computers through a
seminar in graduate school and how he and Klaus Samelson were led to join the PERM group in 1952. Work on the
hardware design and on compilers is mentioned. Bauer then discusses the origins and design of the logic computer
STANISLAUS, and his role in its development. The next section of the interview describes the European side of the
development of ALGOL, including his work and that of Rutishauser, Samelson, and Bottenbrach. The interview
concludes with a brief discussion of Bauer's work in numerical analysis in the 1950s and 1960s and his subsequent
investigations of programming methodology.
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| Extent: |
16 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=56
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1987 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Bauer, Friedrich L., 1924-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1924
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany; Bavaria, Germany; Germany; Europe
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Bookkeeper; Computer engineer; Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
63
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| Document location: |
Munich, Germany
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| Document date: |
17-Feb-1987
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| Interviewer: |
Aspray, William
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023907-25439
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