The Myth of the Coder.
This article explores the distinction between the role of a computer programmer compared to the role of the computer coder. First, the origin of the separation of these two roles in a report by Herman H. Goldstine and John von Neumann is discussed, followed by the its perpetuation in trade journals...
| Published in: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 67; no. 9; pp. 20 - 24 |
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| Format: | Opinion |
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Association for Computing Machinery
Sep2024
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