Early Programming Books

[Paul McJones]

	1955: An Introduction to Automatic Computers (Ned Chapin <https://www.csueastbay.edu/oaa/files/docs/memorial/memorialchapin.pdf>)

I have the second edition — copyright 1963. Chapter 8 is “Elements of Programming” with a fully-worked out assembly language example for a hypothetical machine.


> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2021 04:43:58 -0400
> From: "Paul Birkel" <pbirkel at gmail.com <mailto:pbirkel at gmail.com>>
> 
> 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?