Request: Books/articles about history of early computing (pre 1950)

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(09-21-2017 07:20 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  

Quote:I was hoping that the book she used to teach herself FORTRAN had been written by McCracken. No such luck, though. 8^)

I looked high and low for that book she used in the movie, without success. I think it must have been a movie prop. The earliest book I could find titled "Understanding FORTRAN" was by Mary McCammon in 1968, and its cover is nothing like the cover of the book in the movie.

That might not mean much. Different editions and print runs of books will frequently have different cover styles. To coin an old adage: "You can't judge a book by its cover"