Monthly Archives: January 2013

The Dawn of Software Engineering

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Brent

The Dawn of Software Engineering: From Turing to DijkstraEdgar G. Daylight Edgar sent me a review copy of his book a while back—it made for quite interesting reading and gave me new perspective on the historical origins of my field. … Continue reading →

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The algebra of species: primitives

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Brent

[This is the fifth in a series of posts about combinatorial species. Previous posts: And now, back to your regularly scheduled combinatorial species; Decomposing data structures; Combinatorial species definition, Species definition clarification and exercises.] Recall that a species is a … Continue reading →

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