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 ‘mesh’ two s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in History of Computing
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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