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A Brief History of Software Engineering
July-September 2008 (vol. 30 no. 3)
pp. 32-39
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Niklaus Wirth, "A Brief History of Software Engineering," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 32-39, July-September, 2008.
 
 
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author = {Niklaus Wirth},
title = {A Brief History of Software Engineering},
journal ={IEEE Annals of the History of Computing},
volume = {30},
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year = {2008},
pages = {32-39},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MAHC.2008.33},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
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Niklaus Wirth, ETH Zürich
This personal perspective on the art of programming begins with a look at the state of programming from about 1960, and it follows programming

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Index Terms:
software engineering, programming
Citation:
Niklaus Wirth, "A Brief History of Software Engineering," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 32-39, July-Sept. 2008, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2008.33
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