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best pascal textbook i've seen
this book is large, informative, and helpful. out of the six pascal books i own, this is my favorite. i'm trying to make a math game called "24", and i'm incorporating an example program from this book. ... Read more

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Learn Pascal In Three Days, Third Edition Provides The Novice Programmer With The Fundamentals Of The Language And Is Ideal For Those Wanting A Solid Foundation In Structured Programming. This Update Of One Of The Best-Selling Introductions To Pascal Is Designed For Beginning Programmers With Its Chapter Summaries, Review Questions, Hands-On Examples, And Easy-To-Follow Drills. Readers Start With Simple Programs And End Up With Useful Real-World Applications. Among The Topics Covered Are Building And Evaluating Arithmetic Expressions, Using Structures And Loops, Creating Arrays, Manipulating Text Data, Writing Procedures And Functions To Make Programs More Modular, And Declaring And Using Pointers.With This Book, Learn About The Design Of Structured Pascal Programs; Problem-Solving Algorithms; Simple And Structured Data Types; Variables, Operators, And Expressions; Iteration, Branching, And Selection Statements; Pointers And Linked Lists; Manipulating Data Files; Real-Life Applications And Solved Drills. ... Read more

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Pascal Instruction
One of the best, if not the best instructional book that I've ever had. It starts off with simple examples and moves to more complex programming without leaping too far at any stage.

Great Book!
This is a great book to learn Pascal with. It's a quick read and has alot of information in it. Learn pascal really quick with this book.

Good book to start with
It is really a good book to start with. Though you can't learn any language in three days but this book gives a push to start doing some thing. And most of the basic concepts are cleared with this book.

A good entry book
Its probably a good introductory book for those wanting to study computer science at college.I have only taken a cursory look at the book, but I feel that it presents material in a simple and gentle manner.Recommendedfor all beginners.

Great book for beginners learning the language!
This is a great book for beginners wanting to learn the Pascal language.It is easy to read and doesn't "squash you" with too many details.The chapters are broken into easily digestable pieces.One ofthe drawbacks to the book is it makes the assumption that you already havea basic understanding of the various mathematic examples in the book. Overall, this book is a good starting point for learning Pascal.It won'tgive you everything you need to sit down and start programming monsterapplications, but it will give you enough knowledge to be dangerous.Youcan start creating some pretty cool stuff right away after reading thisbook. ... Read more

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The new edition of Walter Savitch's Turbo Pascal, 7.0 opens the door to a powerful new programming environment--Turbo Pascal 7.0! Based on the recently-released compiler from Borland, Savitch's Fourth Edition combines a modern approach to computer science and programming with up-to-date coverage of the new Turbo Pascal 7.0 environment. In this new edition, you'll find an emphasis on software engineering principles, early coverage of units and abstract data types, and a comprehensive chapter on algorithm efficiency including Big "O" Notation. In addition, the text provides an optional chapter on object-oriented programming for instructors who wish to introduce their students to this advanced programming approach. 0805304185B04062001 ... Read more

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Great intro to Turbo Pascal
This is the best programming text I have ever found and I have close to a dozen on various languages.This is the first I have seen that gets into debugging and how to use the debugger.It has the best examples and exercises I have yet found.Too bad Pascal is considered 'obsolete', but this book is also great for general programming and program planning.I'm going to try to find C++ books by the same guy. My only complaint about this (and most other books) is that they assume you are already set up with the language.These days you mostly download the language from the internet and fuss around with installing it using DOS commands, etc. which are not always something the young folks know much about. Any book would be improved by a few pages on how to download, install and customize the language.At least this book went into detail on how to handle the IDE.Lots of them don't even do that.

very good textbook
although this isn't my favorite pascal book, it's a good textbook without any major flaws.

EDIT: pascal is a dead language. for a simple but useful language, try Delphi (based on pascl) or Visual Basic.

I LOVED this book!
I will definitely be purchasing other books from this author. He has a very direct, and extremely clear way of explaining what would have otherwise been confusing principles.

This book is the Computer Programmer's Bible for Pascal
This was my textbook for Pascal at the University at Central Florida. Ithas helped me through Computer Science I and II. It is well written andeasy to understand. It helps for both the beginner and advancedprogrammers. This is a need for anyone who programs in Pascal.

A great way to learn Pascal
The High School I attended used this book for its first-year programming course.It is well written, and clearly explains all of the basic concepts, without leaving out any of the more complex parts of the language ... Read more

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Borland International's Turbo Pascal is featured in this new edition and standard ANSI Pascal gets secondary emphasis. Important differences between the two are fully discussed and illustrated. This logically formatted book makes it possible for readers to write complete elementary Pascal programs and run them as they learn. Comprehensive programming examples and simple drills give students the chance to master skills and originate programs. ... Read more

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you get what you pay for
this book is cheap, and teaches little. i'd reccomend spending more to get a better book. this one is confusing. ... Read more

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This new edition of the definitive Pascal reference updates the text with the most recent revisions of the ISO Pascal standard, performed by Working Group 2 of the ISO community, since the standard was formally ap- proved in 1983. This reversion of the ISO standard resolved differences between it and the American (ANSI) standard, and these as well as other changes are subsequently reflected in this new edition. It should be noted that in 1984 the third edition of this book was modified with respect to the standard while retaining the readability and elegance which originally set it apart from the standard. This book consists of two parts: The User Manual, and the Revised Report. The User Manual is directed to those who have some familiarity with computer programming, and who wish to get acquainted with the language Pascal. The style of the User Manual is that of a tutorial, and many examples are included to demonstrate the various features of Pascal. Summarizing tables and syntax specifications are among the Appendices. The Report serves as the ultimate, concise reference for both programmers and implementors. It describes Standard Pascal which constitutes a common base between various implementations of the language. ... Read more

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The classic
If you remember Pascal, you're probably dating yourself. I sure remember it. Reading this book is a real bit of nostalgia.

Pascal was originally intended as a teaching language only. It's wide commercial acceptance was a bit of a surprise. Many millions of lines of commercial Pascal appeared in the 80s, and I admit I wrote a few tens of thousands of them. Funny thing was that none of the commercial Pascal compilers were pure ISO Pascal. All of them had some kind of non-standard extensions. Pascal was OK for about 98% of systems programmingtasks, but that last two percent dealt with device drivers, multithreading, absolute memory addresses, and other stuff that the academic language never needed.

These days, Jensen and Worth isn't the Bible of programming any more. Well, maybe the Old Testament, but the world's moved on. (Remember "railroad" syntax charts? They're still here.) I need the historical information, though, and that's about the only reason you'd need this.

//wiredweird

The definitive yet readable standard for Pascal
This book is a complete and authorative definition of the ISO Standard Pascal language.Unlike the official ISO standards document, this is highly readable, with explanations and examples.The ISO Standard Pascal language is implemented by most of today's highest-quality compilers, including GNU Pascal, Prospero Pascal, Compaq Pascal, Dr. Pascal, and pix.The newer Extended Pascal language is a proper superset of the Standard Pascal language described in this book.

Old, but Still Useful to Delphi Programmers
The book that *defines* Pascal, the seed of the underlying Delphilanguage. Use it to get a concise definition for the procedural parts ofDelphi, while learning linked lists, binary trees, pointers, and more.You'll have to work with this text, (i.e., think!), but it is still themost straight-forward presentation of the Pascal language. ... Read more

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This new edition includes coverage of object oriented programming, Mac Pascal, and Think Pascal, plus a new chapter on user defined libraries. ... Read more

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This book attempts to teach computer programming to the complete beginner. It assumes you have no knowledge whatsoever about programming and a knowledge of primary school mathematics is all that is required.The main goal is to teach fundamental programming principles using Pascal, a popular language used in schools. However, the book is more about teaching programming basics than it is aboutteaching Pascal.Basic programming proficiency requires that you know, at least, the following language features: the primitive data types of the language (integer, floating-point, character); how to write input/output statements; how to write conditional statements (if, if...else); how to write looping statements (while, for); how to write functions and how to declare and use arrays. But, more importantly, you need to be able to write programs to solve problems using these features. This book explains all of the above in an easy, conversational style. ... Read more

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A very easy book to read
I teach Pascal programming to high school students and, after having used what was generally available, I came across this book quite by accident. I'm glad I did for it is one of the best 'teaching' books on programming that I have come across. Unlike another reviewer, I found it very easy to read, the steps were very clearly explained and most of my students have little difficulty following the explanations. The programs are presented in increasing order of difficulty, starting with those which require straightforward sequence logic. This is followed by programs which use if..then or if..then..else statements. Next comes programs which require looping, followed by functions, procedures and arrays.

Another reviewer of the author's book "Pascal Programming For CXC" had this to say, "It is like having a teacher there with you except it is a book. A child can understand Kalicharan's book." I certainly agree. If you want to start learning Pascal programming, look no further than this book.

A very good book. Highly recommended.

Just doesn't cut it
Some programmers need an editor and a writer to write their books. This guy might know his Pascal in and out but he does not know how to express it...quit using the book after a couple of weeks..better ones out there I am sure... ... Read more

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Too many books on programming, are written by experts. For the most part, these experts have forgotten more about Pascal than I knew when I started this book, which was half way through my second year of undergraduate computing science. Try the programs in this book, tinker with them, and experiment with the ideas by writing your own programs, this is the only way to learn a programming language. ... Read more

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This third edition builds on the success of the best-selling second edition, which was widely recognized and praised for its pedagogical structure, the author's writing style,and content reliability.This text is designed for courses related to Introduction to Computer Science, Introduction to Programming, Introduction to Pascal, and Computer Science I. ... Read more

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easy and informative
i definitely reccomend this for a beginning programmer in high school. adults will probably find it to be too simple (i nearly finished it in a month, and i'm in high school).

EDIT: pascal is a dead language. for a simple but useful language, try Delphi (based on pascl) or Visual Basic.

why would you read this book?
In the abstract, this book is fine as a pedagogic means of understanding programming, and how to apply it to problems. But, as a practical matter, if you are going to spend the time in learning a computer language, Pascal is a bad choice. It is in steep decline as a language. Both in academia and industry.

You would be far better served to choose a language that is used by more people. Try C++, Java, C# or Visual Basic. Or just plain old C. If nothing else, there are more jobs using these, than Pascal, which has sadly missed the boat. ... Read more

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This text features a hands-on, problem-oriented approach that helps students master correct programming skills. Introductory and advanced topics are covered, providing complete material for a one- or two-semester course.Any student familiar with the notation used in a high school algebra course should easily be able to master all of the material in this book.Highlights include full implementation of Turbo Pascal, abundant, up-to-date pedagogical features and a "Software Toolbox," a pre-written software unit and appendix which teaches students without prior programming experience how to add special features and construct professional quality programs. Structured programming concepts are covered in detail and separate chapters on IBM compatible computers, recursion, sorting and searching algorithms, and object-oriented programming are included. ... Read more

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Excellent book on programming! Must buy for any programmer.
Gary Martin was the best teacher in programming that I had the pleasure of having while a student.We had Gary's pleminary book on Pascal years ago. I can not wait to see his latest updates. Gary's logical and methodical approach with code examples that really work are very helpful in establishing programming as a fun and exciting career. Ten years later I still refer to Gary's book for concepts.This after ten years of programming in assembly, C, G, and Fortran. Excellent book! Money well spent ... Read more

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Pascal is the standard structured programming languagefor the personal computer. The novice programmer needs a stronggrounding in the fundamentals of structured programming, whetherpreparing to program under Microsoft Windows, DOS, or the AppleMacintosh. Pascal is also a precursor to programming languages such asC++, Java, and Delphi. Learn Pascal teaches the novice programmer thebasics of Pascal through hands-on examples and easy-to-follow drillsin each chapter, and guides readers from the basic fundamentals toadvanced techniques needed to effectively program real-worldapplications. The book also includes advanced material onproblem-solving algorithms, which provide the experienced Pascal userwith specialized tools to solve specific programming problems.

The companion CD contains the examples and drills discussed in thebook, along with the drill solutions. Also included is a full retailversion of Delphi 4 Standard Edition. ... Read more

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where is dephi 4 on the cd?
this book was supposed to come with a cd that has a compiler dephi 4, the cd was blank.

A Good Beginning Programming Book
This book is a good beginning programming book. The author lays out the structure of the language and programming in general very nicely. The price is right because I think you get a full copy of Delphi 4 Standard Editionfor no charge! I spent a whole half hour skimming through this book. I'veprogrammed in Turbo Pascal after learning a little dos basic. Pascal is thebest language to learn programming with. It protects you from mistakes andteaches structured programming. From there you can learn any other languagemuch easier. The book is a must for the beginner or a person that wouldlike to review the language. I was disappointed that their were no Delphisections that I could see. ... Read more

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This book attempts to teach computer programming to the complete beginner. It assumes you have no knowledge whatsoever about programming and a knowledge of primary school mathematics is all that is required.The main goal is to teach fundamental programming principles using Pascal, a popular language used in schools. However, the book is more about teaching programming basics than it is aboutteaching Pascal.Basic programming proficiency requires that you know, at least, the following language features: the primitive data types of the language (integer, floating-point, character); how to write input/output statements; how to write conditional statements (if, if...else); how to write looping statements (while, for); how to write functions and how to declare and use arrays. But, more importantly, you need to be able to write programs to solve problems using these features. This book explains all of the above in an easy, conversational style. ... Read more

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It is like having a teacher there with you except it is a book.
I used this book for CXC and it does a job well done it is simple and very easy to understand. A child can undersatand Kalicharan's book or a grown person who knows nothing about I.T. He goes thorugh step by step and gives you examples of the programs in addition to questions at the end of each chap. which are very useful and gets ur brain thinking. I was very grateful for this book. ... Read more

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I wish Mr. Cooper would write books for other languages
I was fortunate to be one of Mr. Cooper's students at Berkeley in 1984 and thoroughly enjoyed Oh! Pascal.I have never found another computer language text that achieves his level of instruction and humor.I just wish he'd write (or edit) books for some of the more frequently employed programming languages. ... Read more

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With the same style and clarity that characterized their highly acclaimed The Elements of Programming Style and Software Tools, the authors have written Software Tools in Pascal to teach how to write good Pascal programs that make good tools. The programs contained in the book are not artificial, but are actual tools that have proved valuable in the production of other programs. Structured programming and top-down design are emphasized and applied to every program, as are principles of sound design, testing, efficiency, and portability. All of the programs are complete and have been tested directly from the text. The programs are available in machine-readable form from Addison-Wesley. Software Tools in Pascal is ideal for use in a software engineering course, for a second course in programming, or as a supplement in any programming course. All programmers, professional and student, will find the book invaluable as a source of proven, useful programs for reading and study. Numerous exercises are provided to test comprehension and to extend the concepts presented in the book. 0201103427B04062001 ... Read more

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should be rewritten for todays languages
i read this book and felt that i was born at the wrong time. this book not only teaches you how to program tools, but how to be a good programmer. the authors believe (and i also do) that with the right tools, the programming job is always easier.

a tool should be a simple independent program that accepts input and produces output, with no interaction from the user. the concept of redirection and piping (dear to unix and linux users) is recurrent in the text.

because we programmers spend most of our time dealing with text, the tools presented deal with textual input. the reader will learn how to write tools similar to grep, ed, sed, sort, compare, tar, just to name a few.

the text and the code--complete, by the way--are amazingly short. another evidence of the power of tools coupled together.

you won't do much with the code, because it's old pascal and people have already done the right thing. especially with the creation of unix and c.

don't despair if you already know a modern programming language and feel like you are wasting you time on things like module inclusion, string representation, or string handling functions. remember that old pascal did not have these things we now take for granted.

Must-have
This book was recommended to me by one of my computer science teachers back in 1985 and I still use it! I have tried and tested all the programs in the book myself and I am still using some of them today.

I know these tools come standard with the Unix programming environment, but when I got the book I didn't have access to a Unix system. I needed these tools! (And occasionally I still need them, when working in a DOS-box or on OpenVMS.)

Apart from the practical use these programs have to me, I very much enjoy the writing style and the detailed explanations about which choices were made in the implementation and why these were the right choices.

Buy it in the C version, not Pascal
First, the reviewer who was surprised to find this in Pascal, and not C,
was apparently unaware that the first version of this book[...] Was in C.
This book is a rewrite using Pascal. However, that is not the
only reason to skip this version for the C version. Software tools is
indeed a classic for its time, showing complete examples of serious
programs such as text editors and search programs for the first time,
when the book was published in the late 1970's.

However, at the time the book was published, Pascal was also the
predominant small computer language, and the authors translated the book
examples to Pascal and rewrote it for this version. That is fine.
however, the authors actively didn't like Pascal. Kernighan published
the article "Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language".
Kernighan starts the book with "standard Pascal is far from an ideal
language", and the examples in the book are basically a demonstration
of how Pascal can be made to look like C if one adds unecessary
parenthesis around every expression, convert the I/O system to look
like C by adding a series of routines to replace the native Pascal ones,
and add heavy use of a front end macro processor. The result would be
better titled "writing software tools in languages we hate".

I am not a C basher, I use C in %70 of my work. However, this book is
a classic, in its original C language. It is certainly not a classic
in Pascal. Buy the C version.

Scott

One of the all time greatest programming books
Perhaps (along with the earlier version "Software Tools" using Fortran) THE GREATEST programming book ever written.

Just completely disregard that it is written with Pascal as the example language: this books teaches new or even intermediate programmers -- and experienced programmers who never learned this -- HOW TO THINK about programming.

Completely disregard that it preceded the Object Oriented revolution -- since if you cannot write GREAT FUNCTIONS and GREAT tools you cannot write great classes for objects.

Writing any great code is about writing tools.Tools to do something critical, or tools to build other tools until the program both does something useful to human beings, AND until the code has components that can be both re-used in other places and can be re-used for the NEXT version of that great program.

Anything that isn't written from great tools will eventually reach the point where it cannot be maintained or isn't useful without being re-written.

I program in something like 40 languages but I still re-read THIS BOOK at least once each year.

Buy it; breathe it.

Great tuturial on how to write great software.
This book was reccomended to me by a freind.Initially, I was not thrilled.After all, I didnt know Pascal, and didn't care to learn Pascal.Pascal to me is a langauge only used by some academics and those stuck inthe mainframe world.

I write in C, C++, Java, Perl.What relevancecould Pascal have?

Boy was I wrong.It really isn't a book about Pascal,it's a book about writing good software.Pascal is immaterial to thereader.It is just a langauge that is being used to illustrate goodsoftware design.

I did most of the examples in Perl or C, and learned agood deal about good design and good coding.

The programs are a bitsimple, but unlike other books the examples really build on each other andseem like useful programs.Unike the typical toy java program, that yousee in books.

I would reccomend this to anyone who is starting out inprogramming and would like solid principles to start with. ... Read more

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Oh Please!
The cover was the best part. I found this book difficult to use. In was my first programming class, I wasn't able to use the book as a reference or a learning object. I would pass on this book and use online documentation.

Oh! Pascal!
If you are a Pascal programmer, the most powerlful and easy to understand book you need is Oh! Pascal!. I have read a friend's Oh! Pascal!(Second Edition), and I was surprised of the easy-to-understand way Cooper wrote it. But now, with the Third Edition, I have learned everything I wanted about Pascal. Trust me, you will love Oh! Pascal! (third edition).

A great way to learn Pascal
This book is great in what it does: teach you the Pascal programming language.

The authors explain everything clearly and in a friendly language - it's actually FUN to read each chapter. The order in which all the concepts are introduced is just plain perfect.

I think this is the BEST Pascal-learning book ever written.

Excellent teaching text
I have used this course to teach hundreds of students.Most have found it very helpful.As a professor, I found it to be a great tool. The book is intended for people who are going to become computer science majors, buthas a sense of humor (unlike many "major-oriented" books). Iwould guess that reviews with fewer than three stars come from disgruntledstudents.(Not one of mine, of course :-)).

The best introductory Pascal Text I've come across
I used this book to teach myself the basics of Pascal before taking it as a college class.It had been recommended by programmer friends I'd known going back several years.I was delighted to find it was also used as thetext for the programming class I took.Probably one of the best things theprofessor did was choose this text. It's not an easy book, it requiresyou to work *and* think about what you're learning, but it has served mewell.I am not a professional programmer, tho I have worked among them,and the basic programming skills I learned from Oh! Pascal helped me speaktheir 'language' and understand what sort of work they were doing, andenabled me to 'translate' computerese to my other coworkers, that theprogrammers often didn't have the time (or inclination) to do.Again,worth the effort the book expects of it's user, not simply to learn toprogram pascal, but to learn to think, and understand the discipline ofprogramming: two thumbs up. ... Read more

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If you thought programming was nothing more than bits-and-bytesdrudgery, you haven't tried Borland's Delphi development packagefor creating Windows and Windows 95 applications. Now with supportfor 32-bit programs in the latest release of Delphi, Delphi 2.0,creating even the most complex applications has never been easier.Delphi Programming For Dummies, 2nd Edition, shows youhow. In plain English, author and programming whiz Neil Rubenkingshows you how to...Create and run Delphi programs effectivelyWrite 32-bit programs with no more effort than it takes towrite 16-bit programsTake advantage of powerful components tailored for Windows95Design complex applications for Windows or Windows 95 usingDelphi's intuitive, visual interfaceGain insight into programming technique by studying Delphi-generatedcodePut all of Delphi's components to work for you

Delphi Programming For Dummies, 2nd Edition, also featuresNeil Rubenking's own top ten lists for Delphi, including...Ten of the most common Delphi mistakes and how to avoid themTen handy built-in Delphi functionsTen Windows API (Application Programming Interface) functionsto use with Delphi

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Delphi Programing For Dummies
For a beginner in Delphi this book is great! It shows some great examples that can actually be used in real world. Most are not covered by other publications.I have been programming in Delphi for 3 Years and I still go back and take a look at it from time to time.

An excellent book to start working with Delphi
Delphi Programming for Dummies is excellent. The book is structured veryclearly. The reader is introduced to Delphi very carefully and smoothly.When no technical words are necessary, none are used. The language used isvery natural and sometimes even funny. This makes this book actuallypleasant to read. The great thing is that this book (as promised by thetitle) does explain a lot about the programming part of Delphi, and notjust about the components (which are also described). A great way to startworking with Delphi. ... Read more

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This revision brings a popular market leader in line with the trend toward integrating object-oriented methods into program design. With a greater emphasis on modern programming concepts such as ADTs, the book shows readers how to conceptualize their programs in an object-oriented fashion. This edition also offers expanded coverage of algorithm analysis and Big O notation and earlier coverage of loops. ... Read more

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The first for me
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Presenting the methods required to study the semantics of logic programs, this book significantly extends these tools from the order theory traditionally used in the subject to include nontraditional methods depending on topology, generalized distance functions, and their associated fixed-point theory. The authors provide a self-contained, detailed overview of the development of both conventional and nonconventional methods and techniques, fulfilling a significant gap in the literature on theoretical computer science. They examine the interaction between logic programming and connectionist systems from the point of view of semantics.