- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Company; International 2 Revised ed edition (July 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 003021999X
- ISBN-13: 978-0030219993
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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In this chapter we investigate a very primitive programming language, so primitive in fact that you would never want to program in it. Read the first page
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Still an excellent treatment of the Principles behind programming languages.
22 Dec 2005
Format:Hardcover
Today I needed to recommend a book that would treat the ideas and concepts behind good programming. I remembered in college that I had taken a languages course, I looked on my bookshelf, and found this text. I started to re-read it, and found that the ideas and concepts that are covered in this book are still relevant and well treated for today's computing landscape. I only have the 2nd edition so it does not have a treatment of C or C++, but the ideas that it conveyes are still the most important aspect of learning about computer languages. A language you know does not help you with designing good code, however concepts of computer languages will help you no matter what language you code. Inside the cover flap reads a list of principles that are covered throughout the book in each section. Some of them are: Abstraction, Automation, Infomation hiding, Orthogonality, Portability, etc. I would recommend this book to anyone who wanted to learn how to *design* quality software from the ground up. This book will not teach you a language, this book will teach you how to design good code.
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Very out of date.
30 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
This book reads like it was written in 1990 and the author never bothered to do any further research. It makes some good points, but it should not be a first choice for a survey of the state of the art with regard to functional, OO, and logic programming.
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