In the summer of 1976, the first generation of computer legends—top engineers, scientists, and software pioneers—got together to reflect on the first 25 years of their discipline at the Los Alamos National Laboratories. After a multi-year recovery and restoration process, here are never-before-seen video recordings of this unique event.
This lecture’s transcript was included in the edited volume from the conference, viz. Backus, J., “Programming in America in the 1950s – Some Personal Impressions,” in Metropolis, N., and Howlett, J., Rota, Gian-Carlo, A History of Computing in the Twentieth Century, New York: Academic Press, 1980, pp. 125 – 135.
But beside John Backus, you will find video conferences by Nicolas Metropolis, Konrad Zuse, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Donald Knuth, Stanislaw M. Ulam and 15 other legends :
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Backus is #63 on the official photo.