20 Jun
2021
20 Jun
'21
8:21 p.m.
I recently scanned my copy of "Electronic Computers: Principles and
Applications" by TE. Ivall (1956) and there is a chapter on "Programming
Digital Computers". It is more of a general overview, rather than any
machine specifics.
https://archive.org/details/electronic-computers/page/183/mode/2up
The book also covers analogue computers for any interested.
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On Sun, 20 Jun 2021 at 18:44, 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