20 Jun
2021
20 Jun
'21
12:30 p.m.
Paul,
I have been compiling a library of such. Ioks here, if you are traveling
north swing by to review the books on hand. The one that comes to mind is
Thinking Machunrs by Berkeley but here on the patio at my parents house I
dont know the date. Harvard press put out some early computing books but
they may be Mark 1-specific. Remind me and I can check when I get to the
office.
Bill
Kennettclasic.com
On Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 4:44 AM Paul Birkel via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I know of two early computer (in the stored program
sense) programming
books.
1951: Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer
(Wilkes, Wheeler, & Gill)
1957: Digital Computer Programming (McCracken)
What others were published prior to the McCracken text?
Excluded are lecture compendia and symposia proceedings, such as:
1946: Moore School Lectures
1947: Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating
Machinery
1951: Proceedings of a Second Symposium on Large-Scale Digital
Calculating Machinery
1953: Faster Than Thought, A Symposium On Digital Computing Machines
These were principally about designs for, and experience with, new
hardware.
I'm curious about texts specifically focused on the act of programming.
Were there others prior to McCracken?
paul