Alick Edwards Glennie (1925–2003) was a

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, most famous for having developed Autocode, which influential computer scientist

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regarded as the first ever computer

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.Knuth, Donald E.; Pardo, Luis Trabb, "Early development of programming languages", Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology (Marcel Dekker) 7: 419–493 Glennie worked with

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on several projects, including the Manchester Mark 1. Glennie subsequently worked at Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) where he was responsible in the early 1960s in developing FORTRAN compilers for several large computers inc. IBM 709, IBM 7090, IBM 7030 ("Stretch") and also ICT Atlas. He pioneered a method of developing the compiler for the Atlas on the IBM 7030 in advance of delivery of the Atlas, using an interpretive technique.

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A move by move version of Turing and Glennie's chess game
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