| Title: |
Robert Goldberg
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| Local code: |
OH 207
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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: |
Goldberg describes his use of Icon in the classroom at Illinois Institute of Technology and emphasizes the strength of Icon for instructional purposes over other programming languages. He discusses his interaction with Ralph Griswold when working on the various implementations of Icon. Goldberg describes the strong documentation produced by the Icon project and his own work on conversion of Icon from a UNIX to a VAS VMS implementation. He discusses the development of a PC version of Icon and his own use of Icon in normal work.
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| Extent: |
39 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=128
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1990 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Goldberg, Robert, 1939-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1939
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| Speaker occupation: |
Engineer; Professor
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| Age at speaking: |
51
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| Document location: |
Flagstaff, AZ
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| Document date: |
27-Jul-1990
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| Interviewer: |
Cargo, David S.
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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: |
OHI0023955-25497
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