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This book presents a historical and philosophical analysis of
programming systems, intended as large computational systems like,
for instance, operating systems, programmed to control processes.
The introduction to the volume emphasizes the contemporary need of
providing a foundational analysis of such systems, rooted in a
broader historical and philosophical discussion. The different
chapters are grouped around three major themes. The first concerns
the early history of large systems developed against the background
of issues related to the growing semantic gap between hardware and
code. The second revisits the fundamental issue of complexity of
large systems, dealt with by the use of formal methods and the
development of `grand designs' like Unix. Finally, a third part
considers several issues related to programming systems in the real
world, including chapters on aesthetical, ethical and political
issues. This book will interest researchers from a diversity of
backgrounds. It will appeal to historians, philosophers, as well as
logicians and computer scientists who want to engage with topics
relevant to the history and philosophy of programming and more
specifically the role of programming systems in the foundations of
computing.
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Connecting with Computability - 17th Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2021, Virtual Event, Ghent, July 5-9, 2021, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Liesbeth de Mol, Andreas Weiermann, Florin Manea, David Fernandez-Duque
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th Conference on
Computability in Europe, CiE 2021, organized by the University of
Ghent in July 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was
held virtually. The 48 full papers presented in this volume were
carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. CiE promotes
the development of computability-related science, ranging over
mathematics, computer science and applications in various natural
and engineering sciences, such as physics and biology, as well as
related fields, such as philosophy and history of computing. CiE
2021 had as its motto Connecting with Computability, a clear
acknowledgement of the connecting and interdisciplinary nature of
the conference series which is all the more important in a time
where people are more than ever disconnected from one another due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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