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Reflections on Programming Systems (eBook)

Historical and Philosophical Aspects
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2019 | 1st ed. 2018
VIII, 286 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-97226-8 (ISBN)

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This book presents a historical and philosophical analysis of programming systems, intended as large computational systems like, for instance, operating systems, programmed to control processes. The introduction to the volume emphasizes the contemporary need of providing a foundational analysis of such systems, rooted in a broader historical and philosophical discussion.

The different chapters are grouped around three major themes. The first concerns the early history of large systems developed against the background of issues related to the growing semantic gap between hardware and code. The second revisits the fundamental issue of complexity of large systems, dealt with by the use of formal methods and the development of `grand designs' like Unix. Finally, a third part considers several issues related to programming systems in the real world, including chapters on aesthetical, ethical and political issues.

This book will interest researchers from a diversity of backgrounds. It will appeal to historians, philosophers, as well as logicians and computer scientists who want to engage with topics relevant to the history and philosophy of programming and more specifically the role of programming systems in the foundations of computing.




Dr. Giuseppe Primiero is Associate Professor of Logic at the Department of Philosophy, University of Milan (Italy). He is President of the DHST-DLMPST Commission on the History and Philosophy of Computing, Member at Large of the Leadership Committee of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy and since 2016 Secretary General for the Association Computability in Europe. His research areas include logic, philosophy of information and computation.

Liesbeth De Mol is a CNRS researcher based in France. She is the founding president of the DHST/DLMPST Commission for the History and Philosophy of Computing, coundil and steering committee member of the Association for Computability in Europe and principal investigator of the ANR research project PROGRAMme on the history and philosophy of computer programs (2018-2022). Her research focuses on the histoircal and epistemological connections between logic, programming and computing.

Dr. Giuseppe Primiero is Associate Professor of Logic at the Department of Philosophy, University of Milan (Italy). He is President of the DHST-DLMPST Commission on the History and Philosophy of Computing, Member at Large of the Leadership Committee of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy and since 2016 Secretary General for the Association Computability in Europe. His research areas include logic, philosophy of information and computation. Liesbeth De Mol is a CNRS researcher based in France. She is the founding president of the DHST/DLMPST Commission for the History and Philosophy of Computing, coundil and steering committee member of the Association for Computability in Europe and principal investigator of the ANR research project PROGRAMme on the history and philosophy of computer programs (2018-2022). Her research focuses on the histoircal and epistemological connections between logic, programming and computing.

Preface.- Part I: Programming without Systems.- Chapter 1. Validity & Correctness before the OS: the case of LEO I and LEO II (Rabia Arif, Elisabetta Mori, Giuseppe Primiero).- Chapter 2. What is an Operating System? A historical investigation (1954–1964) (Maarten Bullynck).- Part II: Formalizing Systems.- Chapter 3. Formal Semantics of ALGOL 60: Four Descriptions in their Historical Context (Troy K. Astarte, Cliff B. Jones).- Chapter 4. Sans-papiers as first-class citizens (Julian Rohrhuber).- Part III: Creating Systems.- Chapter 5. Unix, Plan 9 and the Lurking Smalltalk (Stephen Kell).- Chapter 6. Unix: Building a Development Environment from Scratch (Warren Toomey).- Part IV: Evaluating Systems.- Chapter 7. Ethical Operating Systems (Naveen Sundar Govindarajulu, Selmer Bringsjord, Atriya Sen, Jean-Claude Paquin, Kevin O’Neill).- Chapter 8. From Sovereign Operating Systems to the Sovereign Digital Chain (Gael Duval).- Chapter 9. Elegance in Software (Robin K. Hill).

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.1.2019
Reihe/Serie Philosophical Studies Series
Philosophical Studies Series
Zusatzinfo VIII, 286 p. 79 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Betriebssysteme / Server
Schlagworte AISB/IACAP Conference Proceedings • ALGOL 60 • business computing • Coding practices • Data Validation history • Ethical Software • Evolution of Software and Hardware • History graphical user interfaces • History of Programming Languages • IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology • Ontology GUI • Operating Systems • OS historical analysis • OS Philosophical Analysis • THE operating system • Unix system history
ISBN-10 3-319-97226-X / 331997226X
ISBN-13 978-3-319-97226-8 / 9783319972268
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