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The present state of historical content in computer science texts: a concern

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          cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
          ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 27, Issue 4
          Dec. 1995
          68 pages
          ISSN:0097-8418
          DOI:10.1145/216511
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