On Sourcery and Source Codes
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun · The MIT Press eBooks · 2011
This chapter examines the assumptions of source code and logos, and how such consecutive combination and separation of instruction from execution is created and uncomplete historically and theoretically. It finds that this separation is essential for understanding the process of programming and to address the problems and challenges faced by software programmers. The chapter places emphasis on making computers more productive by exploiting the potential of source code without relying on direct programming or hardware algorithms, and also reveals how combined theory and technology challenge the established knowledge of logos. It furthermore finds that computer scientists and programmers have played a key role in enhancing the power of source code through the availability of free software.