Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
WATFOR group : progress and documentation.
General material designation
- Textual record
Title notes
- Parallel titles and other title information: Untitled folder.
Level of description
File
Reference code
SCA218-GA204-2
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
William Kindree was an undergraduate student of mathematics at the University of Waterloo in the 1960s and part of the team led by mathematics lecturers Paul Dirksen and Paul Cress that developed the WATFOR 360 compiler in 1966-1967 as well as its successor WATFIV.
Scope and content
File consists of material relating to the WATFOR group and Kindree's involvement with the development of /360 WATFOR and WATFIV. Includes a photocopy of draft documentation for WATFOR and notes about the group's progress and activities.