A historian’s perspective on the earlier years of Christopher Strachey’s life. The talk covers his familial connections, his early career as a school master, and his first computing projects.
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A historian’s perspective on the earlier years of Christopher Strachey’s life. The talk covers his familial connections, his early career as a school master, and his first computing projects.
Strachey and the Oxford Programming Research Group
Strachey 100: an Oxford Computing Pioneer
33 minutes
8 years ago
Strachey and the Oxford Programming Research Group
Christopher Strachey’s right-hand man at Oxford talks about Strachey’s time as the head of the Programming Research Group (PRG). The talk covers the foundation of the PRG and the research performed at the (PRG), with an emphasis on the equal importance of theoretical and practical work.
Strachey 100: an Oxford Computing Pioneer
A historian’s perspective on the earlier years of Christopher Strachey’s life. The talk covers his familial connections, his early career as a school master, and his first computing projects.
