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A Science of Operations - Machines, Logic and the Invention of Programming (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
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A Science of Operations - Machines, Logic and the Invention of Programming (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Series: History of Computing
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Today, computers fulfil a dazzling array of roles, a flexibility
resulting from the great range of programs that can be run on them.
A Science of Operations examines the history of what we now call
programming, defined not simply as computer programming, but more
broadly as the definition of the steps involved in computations and
other information-processing activities. This unique perspective
highlights how the history of programming is distinct from the
history of the computer, despite the close relationship between the
two in the 20th century. The book also discusses how the
development of programming languages is related to disparate fields
which attempted to give a mechanical account of language on the one
hand, and a linguistic account of machines on the other. Topics and
features: Covers the early development of automatic computing,
including Babbage's "mechanical calculating engines" and the
applications of punched-card technology, examines the theoretical
work of mathematical logicians such as Kleene, Church, Post and
Turing, and the machines built by Zuse and Aiken in the 1930s and
1940s, discusses the role that logic played in the development of
the stored program computer, describes the "standard model" of
machine-code programming popularised by Maurice Wilkes, presents
the complete table for the universal Turing machine in the
Appendices, investigates the rise of the initiatives aimed at
developing higher-level programming nota tions, and how these came
to be thought of as 'languages' that could be studied independently
of a machine, examines the importance of the Algol 60 language, and
the framework it provided for studying the design of programming
languages and the process of software development and explores the
early development of object-oriented languages, with a focus on the
Smalltalk project. This fascinating text offers a new viewpoint for
historians of science and technology, as well as for the general
reader. The historical narrative builds the story in a clear and
logical fashion, roughly following chronological order.
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