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Software at Scale.

The article focuses on developments related to computer programming as of December 2013. It highlights the implications of the growing number of programmable devices and appliances including their need for software to be able to function. The author discusses the development of the VisiCalc spreadsh...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 56; no. 12; pp. 7 - 8
Main Author: Cerf, Vinton G.
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Dec2013
Subjects:
Computer programming
PDS (Computer system)
Computer software
Bricklin, Dan, 1951-
Frankston, Robert
Personal computers
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on developments related to computer programming as of December 2013. It highlights the implications of the growing number of programmable devices and appliances including their need for software to be able to function. The author discusses the development of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program by programmers Dan Bricklin and Robert Frankston 35 years ago including how it helped transform the Apple II desktop computer into a business tool.