Kenneth E. Iverson

A Programming Language

Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

Chapter 1 presents the necessary foundation and has been limited to topics essential to the remainder of the book, such as number systems, congruences, symbolic logic and encoding. Chapter 2-4 treat manual, semiautomatic (punched card), and automatic equipment, respectively. Chapter 4 treats the automatic computer in terms of a specific existing computer, the IBM 650 computer. The internal operation of computers, emphasizing organization rather than details, is treated in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 develops in some detail the vital and rarely treated topic of representation of data in computer storages and other topics in advanced programming. Chapter 7 develops the important topic of sorting, giving numerous explicit sorting algorithms and comparative evaluations. Chapter 8 treats the use of auxiliary computer programs in programming (automatic programming), program analysis (debugging), and manual control. Chapter 9 draws on its predecessors for a brief discussion of the art and technique of system design.

Automatic Data Processing: System/360 Edition

Explores how programming language is a signifier for a whole host of mathematical algorithms and procedures. The book focuses on specific areas of application which serve as universal examples and are chosen to illustrate particular facets of the effort to design explicit and concise programming languages.

Kenneth E. Iverson

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