Chronology - 1970s: The Evolution of The University of Waterloo Continues

1976

A version of WATBOL was created by WATFAC for DEC's PDP-11 micro-computer. The program had excellent de-bugging facilities and made the use of COBOL practical for academic settings.

The Theory Group within the Computer Science Department was strong enough that Brzozowski and his colleagues could now host their own Conference of Theoretical Computer Science at UW in 1977. The conference featured three dozen papers by leaders in the field (Ponzo 56).


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