Routines of Substitution [electronic resource] : John von Neumann's Work on Software Development, 1945-1948 / by Mark Priestley.

Por: Priestley, Mark [author.]Colaborador(es): SpringerLink (Online service)Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries SpringerBriefs in History of ComputingEditor: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018Edición: 1st ed. 2018Descripción: VIII, 131 p. 8 illus. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9783319916712Tema(s): Computers | Computer programming | History | History of Computing | Programming Techniques | History of ScienceFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin título; Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 004.09 Clasificación LoC:QA76.17Recursos en línea: Libro electrónicoTexto
Contenidos:
Introduction -- Sorting and Collating -- EDVAC and its Codes -- The 1945 Meshing Routine -- Planning and Coding -- Subroutines -- Contexts and Conclusions -- Appendix A: Von Neumann's Second EDVAC Code -- Appendix B: Von Neumann's Meshing Routine Manuscript.
En: Springer Nature eBookResumen: This work is a historical and philosophical study of the programming work carried out by John von Neumann in the period 1945-8. At the heart of the book is an examination of a manuscript featuring the earliest known surviving example of von Neumann's coding, a routine written in 1945 to 'mesh' two sequences of data and intended to be part of a larger program implementing the algorithm now known as mergesort. The text of the manuscript itself, along with a preliminary document describing the code he used to write this program, are reproduced as appendices. The program is approached in three chapters describing the historical background to von Neumann's work, the significance of the sorting application itself, and the development of the EDVAC, the machine for which the program was written. The subsequent chapters widen the focus again, discussing the subsequent evolution of the program and the crucial topic of subroutines, before concluding by situating von Neumann's work in a number of wider contexts. The book also offers a unifying philosophical interpretation of von Neumann's approach to coding.
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Introduction -- Sorting and Collating -- EDVAC and its Codes -- The 1945 Meshing Routine -- Planning and Coding -- Subroutines -- Contexts and Conclusions -- Appendix A: Von Neumann's Second EDVAC Code -- Appendix B: Von Neumann's Meshing Routine Manuscript.

This work is a historical and philosophical study of the programming work carried out by John von Neumann in the period 1945-8. At the heart of the book is an examination of a manuscript featuring the earliest known surviving example of von Neumann's coding, a routine written in 1945 to 'mesh' two sequences of data and intended to be part of a larger program implementing the algorithm now known as mergesort. The text of the manuscript itself, along with a preliminary document describing the code he used to write this program, are reproduced as appendices. The program is approached in three chapters describing the historical background to von Neumann's work, the significance of the sorting application itself, and the development of the EDVAC, the machine for which the program was written. The subsequent chapters widen the focus again, discussing the subsequent evolution of the program and the crucial topic of subroutines, before concluding by situating von Neumann's work in a number of wider contexts. The book also offers a unifying philosophical interpretation of von Neumann's approach to coding.

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