[FOM] Sorry, yet another historical question

[Steve Stevenson]

Al Aho, John Hopcroft, and Jeff Ullman wrote one of the first books
using it. Check with them. Al Aho is at Columbia.

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 4:31 AM,  <T.Forster at dpmms.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

>
> (i) Is there a decent historical article anywhere outlining the emergence of
> the idea of the *Abstract data Type* (aka ADT)? I would very much like to
> read one if there is! I have recently been having a conversation with a
> philosopher of mathematics who loses sleep over what he calls the *C{\ae}sar
> Problem* (If you don't know what it is, don't ask!) and it prompted the
> reflection that if he were introduced to the idea of an ADT he might be a
> happier and more productive man.
>

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D. E. (Steve) Stevenson, Associate Professor
Director, Institute for Modeling and Simulation Applications.
Clemson University