Programming in the 1990s An Introduction to the Calculation of Programs

Name: Programming in the 1990s An Introduction to the Calculation of Programs
Price: 8.5 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780387973821

ISBN-10: 0387973826

ISBN-13: 9780387973821

Edition: 1990

Authors: Edward Cohen, David Gries

List price: $54.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

2 new & used from $8.50

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Programming is a fascinating and challenging subject. Unfortunately, it is rarely presented as such. Most often it is taught by "induction": features of some famous programming languages are given operational meaning (e.g. a loop "goes round and round"), a number of examples are shown, and by induction, we are asked to develop other programs, often radically different from the ones we've seen. Basically we are taught to guess our programs, and then to patch up our guesses. Our errors are given the cute name of "bugs." Fixing them becomes puzzle-solving, as does finding tricks that exploit or avoid poorly designed features of the programming language. The entire process is time-consuming and…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 10/2/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 265
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.21" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English