👉 Massachusetts Computing, now part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), was a pioneering research group that significantly advanced the field of computer science and technology in the 1960s and 1970s. Founded by MIT faculty and students, including influential figures like Edsger Dijkstra and Gerald Jay Sussman, the group focused on developing practical computing applications and algorithms. They were instrumental in creating early computer programming languages, such as ABC and Lisp, and contributed to the development of time-sharing systems and operating systems. Their work laid foundational principles for modern computing, including distributed computing, networking, and software engineering, shaping the technological landscape we see today.
