Early Programming Books

[Michael Mulhern]

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.

//m


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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.
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>     1951: Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer
> (Wilkes, Wheeler, & Gill)
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>     1957: Digital Computer Programming (McCracken)
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> What others were published prior to the McCracken text?
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> Excluded are lecture compendia and symposia proceedings, such as:
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>     1946: Moore School Lectures
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>     1947: Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating
> Machinery
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>     1951: Proceedings of a Second Symposium on Large-Scale Digital
> Calculating Machinery
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>     1953: Faster Than Thought, A Symposium On Digital Computing Machines
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> These were principally about designs for, and experience with, new
> hardware.
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> I'm curious about texts specifically focused on the act of programming.
> Were there others prior to McCracken?
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> paul
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