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ALGOL 60 at 60: The greatest computer language you've never used and grandaddy of the programming family tree

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Re: It started my career move...

The Elliott 500 and 1000 char/sec tape reader design originally came from Cambridge University Mathematical Laboratory's EDSAC team.

See https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/downloads/books/CambridgeComputing_Ahmed.pdf page 60.

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