# Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis

DevFeed: [Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/prescient-but-not-perfect-a-look-back-at-a-1966-scientific-american-article-on-systems-analysis-40524.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/at-scientific-american/2011/08/23/systems-analysis-look-back-1966-scientific-american-article/>)

Published: 2011-08-24T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Peter Norvig](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/peter-norvig.md>)

Topics: [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compiler.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thoughts.md>)

## AI overview

The author reflects on a 1966 Scientific American article that introduced them to programming and points readers toward a CPL compiler.

## Source excerpt

My thoughts on a 1966 Scientific American article that was my introduction to programming. And if you ever need a CPL compiler, this is a good place to start.