A Science of Operations (Repost)
Mark Priestley - A Science of Operations: Machines, Logic and the Invention of Programming
Published: 2011-02-25 | ISBN: 1848825544 | PDF | 352 pages | 3 MB
Published: 2011-02-25 | ISBN: 1848825544 | PDF | 352 pages | 3 MB
Today, computers fulfil a dazzling array of roles, a flexibility resulting from the great range of programs that can be run on them. A Science of Operations examines the history of what we now call programming, defined not simply as computer programming, but more broadly as the definition of the steps involved in computations and other information-processing activities.