Commentary 1990

This is the text of a series of invited lectures, Danmarks Radios Rosenkjærforelæsninger 1966, broadcast on the Danish Radio in April and May 1967. The text of 9.5 Man Is Not a Machine--and Vice Versa, was a follow-up on the lectures, broadcast 17 years later.

Section headings:

1. The History of Computers From Pascal Until Today
   Pascal and Leibniz in the Seventeenth Century
   Charles Babbage--One Hundred Years Ahead of His Time
   The Era of the Electromechanical Giants
   Electrons and Stored Programs
   The Era of Programming
   Computing in Denmark
2. Datalogy--the Science of Data
   Data, Data Representations, and Data Processes
   Art and Models as Data
   Data As Tools
   Data Models in Society
   Datalogy in Education
3. The Structure and Manner of Operation of Computers
   Data Storage in Computers
   The External Communication of Computers
   Data Processes in the Computers
   The Speed of Computers
4. Programming--the Key to the Flexibility of Computers
   Programs and Machines
   Storage of the Program
   The Problems of Programming
   Higher Level Programming Languages
   Program Translation
   Complete Description of Data Processes
   Computers and Planning
5. The Applications of Computers Today
   Information Search
   Language Translation
   Language Analysis
   Atomic Reactors
   Highway Design
   Banking and Part Stock Administration
   Production Planning
   Direct Computer Control
6. Future Perspectives
   Computers in Private Life
   Private Accounts
   Private Advising
   Monitoring of the Society
   Protecting Privacy
   The Thrust of Computers
   National Computer Support
   Denmark's Situation