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Routines of Substitution = John von Neumann’s Work on Software Development, 1945–1948 /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Routines of Substitution/ by Mark Priestley.
Reminder of title:	John von Neumann’s Work on Software Development, 1945–1948 /
Author:	Priestley, Mark.
Description:	VIII, 131 p. 8 illus.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Computers. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91671-2
ISBN:	9783319916712

Routines of Substitution = John von Neumann’s Work on Software Development, 1945–1948 /
Priestley, Mark.

Routines of SubstitutionJohn von Neumann’s Work on Software Development, 1945–1948 /[electronic resource] :by Mark Priestley. - 1st ed. 2018. - VIII, 131 p. 8 illus.online resource. - SpringerBriefs in History of Computing,2662-3005. - SpringerBriefs in History of Computing,.

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.

ISBN: 9783319916712

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-91671-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

565115
Computers.

LC Class. No.: QA76.17

Dewey Class. No.: 004.09

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