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The airy tape: an early chapter in the history of debugging

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Campbell-Kelly, Martin (1992) The airy tape: an early chapter in the history of debugging. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Volume 14 (Number 4). pp. 16-26. doi:10.1109/85.194051 ISSN 1058-6180.

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Abstract

This article describes the discovery of a paper-tape "relic" consisting of an undebugged program written for the EDSAC computer in 1949. It is believed that this program is the first real, nontrivial application ever written for a stored-program computer. An examination of the program sheds new light on the extent to which the debugging problem was unanticipated by early computer programmers, and the motivation for the development at Cambridge of systematic programming practices and debugging aids. The impact of these early developments on programming elsewhere is discussed.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Q Science
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science
Journal or Publication Title: IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Publisher: IEEE
ISSN: 1058-6180
Official Date: 1992
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1992Published
Volume: Volume 14
Number: Number 4
Number of Pages: 11
Page Range: pp. 16-26
DOI: 10.1109/85.194051
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published

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