Programming Primes (1968-1976): A Paradigmatic Program and Its Incarnations in the Age of Structured Programming

In response to the so-called 'software crisis' of the late 1960s, many approaches were proposed to turn (parts of) software engineering and programming into more systematic disciplines, to turn an art into a science. This paper studies one popular example often used in these proposals, the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	History and philosophy of logic Jg. 36; H. 3; S. 229 - 241
1. Verfasser:	Bullynck, Maarten
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Taylor & Francis 03.07.2015
Schlagworte:	History, Philosophy and Sociology of Sciences Humanities and Social Sciences Prime sieve History of Programming
ISSN:	0144-5340, 1464-5149
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Zusammenfassung:	In response to the so-called 'software crisis' of the late 1960s, many approaches were proposed to turn (parts of) software engineering and programming into more systematic disciplines, to turn an art into a science. This paper studies one popular example often used in these proposals, the computation of a list of primes, to discuss some salient features of the proposed programming paradigms. It also looks at the actual implementation in the early 1970s of the prime program on a time-sharing system (MULTICS) and on a complex scientific computer (ILLIAC IV). Confronting theory with practice uncovers what the programming paradigms fail to grasp: the interaction with the user and the interaction with the machine.
ISSN:	0144-5340 1464-5149
DOI:	10.1080/01445340.2015.1065459