Bøger af Mark Priestley

This work is a historical and philosophical study of the programming work carried out by John von Neumann in the period 1945-8. At the heart of the book is an examination of a manuscript featuring the earliest known surviving example of von Neumann's coding, a routine written in 1945 to 'mesh' two sequences of data and intended to be part of a larger program implementing the algorithm now known as mergesort.The text of the manuscript itself, along with a preliminary document describing the code he used to write this program, are reproduced as appendices. The program is approached in three chapters describing the historical background to von Neumann's work, the significance of the sorting application itself, and the development of the EDVAC, the machine for which the program was written. The subsequent chapters widen the focus again, discussing the subsequent evolution of the program and the crucial topic of subroutines, before concluding by situating von Neumann's work in a number of wider contexts. The book also offers a unifying philosophical interpretation of von Neumann's approach to coding.

Highlights how the history of programming is distinct from the history of the computer, despite the close relationship between the two in the 20th century. This book discusses how the development of programming languages is related to disparate fields which attempted to give a mechanical account of language and a linguistic account of machines.

Disability Politics and Community Care encourages health and welfare professionals and policy makers to start working much more closely with disabled people themselves. He presents practical suggestions for the changes necessary for the proposed reorganisation of service provision which will re-define direct work with disabled people.

Provides an introduction to the design of object-oriented programs using UML. This book focuses on the application of UML in the development of software, and offers a tutorial to the UML notation and its application. The book is useful for undergraduates taking modules as part of a Computer Science or Software Engineering degree programme.