Routines of Substitution John von Neumann's Work on Software Development, 1945-1948 /

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 'm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Priestley, Mark (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:SpringerBriefs in History of Computing,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 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.