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Unipisa / Softi-Workbench

This is the workbench for the acquisition of the code developed for the CEP by Tonina Starita in 1968, to smoothen a curve.
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SWH Stories - Softi landing page #4

Open moranegg opened 2 years ago

moranegg commented 2 years ago

For the landing page, my proposal is the following: @CarloQMontangero @scatenag @emulatingkat

Text: Softi (1968) The Softi code purpose is described as Softening of a curve and performs a simple smoothing of the values of a function. It is an exercise using the CEP, implementing a general purpose numerical algorithm. The author, Tonina Starita (CSCE), was a pioneer of the use of digital computing machines to study biological data, like EEG and similar measurements. The structure of this code is interesting, since it is representative of the typical usage of the CEP at the time , and comprises three kinds of code:

  1. The main algorithm in FORTRAN CEP, a dialect, developed in–house at CSCE, of the IBM FORTRAN II;
  2. the input/output routines are written in the assembly language of the CEP (LSDC, Symbolic Decimal CEP Language);
  3. the scripts to launch execution, written in the command language of the execution control system of the CEP

This description was taken from: Laura Bussi, Roberto Di Cosmo, Carlo Montangero, Guido Scatena. Preserving landmark legacy software with the Software Heritage Acquisition Process. iPres2021 - 17th International Conference on Digital Preservation, Oct 2021, Beijing, China. ⟨hal-03375572⟩

CarloQMontangero commented 2 years ago

@morangg @scatenag @emulatingkat

I think this revised text may be better:

Softi (1968) The purpose of this code is described as Softening of a curve and performs a simple smoothing of the values of a function. It is an exercise in using the CEP, and implements a general purpose numerical algorithm.

The code is interesting for its structure, representative of the typical usage of the CEP at the time. It uses three programming languages:

The author, Tonina Starita (CSCE), was a pioneer of the use of digital computing machines to study biological data, like EEG and similar measurements.

CarloQMontangero commented 2 years ago

PS Thank you for starting the issue!

scatenag commented 2 years ago

I think it is also a good starting point for a Wikipedia article!! (@emulatingkat, who has the courage to create it?)

moranegg commented 2 years ago

Thank you for reviewing this description. For the Wikipedia article, let's discuss that after November 30th and focus what we have now.

We also need to choose a photo as well, what would you suggest for Softi?

CarloQMontangero commented 2 years ago

My choice would be the handwritten version here. May be just a fragment...

scatenag commented 2 years ago

My choice would be the handwritten version here. May be just a fragment...

yes..I can work on it (slicing etc..)

moranegg commented 2 years ago

Thank you both. Please @scatenag can you upload a sliced version that @emulatingkat can take without changing it.

scatenag commented 2 years ago

Here ? https://github.com/Unipisa/Softi-Workbench/tree/structure_review/additional-materials/swh_stories_workplace/cover_page

CarloQMontangero commented 2 years ago

@moranegg @scatenag @emulatingkat I'm afraid there is still a problem with Softi cover page, that is, something broken were there should be nothing: (I'm using Edge...) image