Just read Don Eyles' book on writing the code for the LM Guidance
Computer.

I recommend it for anyone interested in the Guidance Computer and
the people who made it perform amazing feats.

It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
the Executive in similar detail.
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Friday, David Lesher quipped:
> Just read Don Eyles' book on writing the code for the LM Guidance
> Computer.
>
> I recommend it for anyone interested in the Guidance Computer and
> the people who made it perform amazing feats.
>
> It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
> the Executive in similar detail.

What is "the Executive"?

There's a thread in SSP about the githubbing of Apollo 11 code, and in
it Jeff Findley posted book references in this message:

<URL:https://groups.google.com/g/sci.space.policy/c/eswP2irYt0s/m/hVAnO-WyAwAJ>

Here in SSH, there was a poster who had worked on Apollo code (IIRC),
and he contributed articles (both SSH and print, again IIRC). Most
likely before 2014.

/dps

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Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> writes:

>> It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
>> the Executive in similar detail.

>What is "the Executive"?

The operating system, in effect. It was the Executive that, when
out of resources, dumped jobs as required, issuing the famous
1201 and 1202 alarms.

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On Sunday, David Lesher pointed out that ...
> Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
>>> the Executive in similar detail.
>
>> What is "the Executive"?
>
>
> The operating system, in effect. It was the Executive that, when
> out of resources, dumped jobs as required, issuing the famous
> 1201 and 1202 alarms.

Okay, I had forgotten that term was used, but here's Ars Technica's
take:

<URL:https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/no-a-checklist-error-did-not-almost-derail-the-first-moon-landing/>

/dps

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Snidely speculated:
> On Sunday, David Lesher pointed out that ...
>> Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>> It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
>>>> the Executive in similar detail.
>>
>>> What is "the Executive"?
>>
>>
>> The operating system, in effect. It was the Executive that, when
>> out of resources, dumped jobs as required, issuing the famous
>> 1201 and 1202 alarms.
>
> Okay, I had forgotten that term was used, but here's Ars Technica's take:
>
> <URL:https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/no-a-checklist-error-did-not-almost-derail-the-first-moon-landing/>

Including a link to Frank O'Brien's book.

/dps

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After serious thinking David Lesher wrote :
> Just read Don Eyles' book on writing the code for the LM Guidance
> Computer.
>
> I recommend it for anyone interested in the Guidance Computer and
> the people who made it perform amazing feats.
>
> It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
> the Executive in similar detail.

On your recommendation, I obtained the book, but I'm reading another
history book at the moment so I can't comment too much beyond high
school.

-d

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