A Long Way to Have Come and Still to Go.

The author considers the historical development of computer programming. He observes that in 1953 programming a computer introduced by International Business Machines was considerably more advanced than programming as depicted that year in the novel "Starman Jones" by Robert Heinlein. In 2014 he say...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 7 - 8
Autor principal:	Cerf, Vinton G.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Jan2015
Materias:	Computer programming Computer programmers Starman Jones (Book) Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988 Computer software International Business Machines Corp. History
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Sumario:	The author considers the historical development of computer programming. He observes that in 1953 programming a computer introduced by International Business Machines was considerably more advanced than programming as depicted that year in the novel "Starman Jones" by Robert Heinlein. In 2014 he says programming technology needs further development before it will be possible to perform a high level of computer programming orally.