More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder: Confessions of a Coder - Softcover

Bentley, Jon

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9780201118896: More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder: Confessions of a Coder
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0201118890 ISBN 13: 9780201118896
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 1988

Synopsis

What do topics ranging from organic chemistry to Napoleon's campaigns have to do with computer programming? This collection of essays demonstrates the many varied aspects of programming, showing how programming can be both a fun and elegant science. Some of the essays cover programming techniques, like how profilers can provide insight into the dynamic behavior of programs, and methods for making data files self-describing. These techniques deal with real programs and they are realistically illustrated, using the C and Awk languages. Bentley also provides the reader with some tricks of the programmer's trade, like a collection of rules of thumb and hints for finding simple solutions to hard problems. These essays also originally appeared in the author's column in Communication of the ACM, and have been substantially revised, incorporating new sections, problems, and reader comments.

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What do topics ranging from organic chemistry to Napoleon's campaigns have to do with computer programming? This collection of essays demonstrates the many varied aspects of programming, showing how programming can be both a fun and elegant science.

Some of the essays cover programming techniques, like how profilers can provide insight into the dynamic behavior of programs, and methods for making data files self-describing. These techniques deal with real programs and they are realistically illustrated, using the C and Awk languages. Bentley also provides the reader with some tricks of the programmer's trade, like a collection of rules of thumb and hints for finding simple solutions to hard problems.

These essays also originally appeared in the author's column in Communication of the ACM, and have been substantially revised, incorporating new sections, problems, and reader comments.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Addison-Wesley Professional
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0201118890
ISBN 13 
9780201118896
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
218
Rating
  • 4.07 out of 5 stars
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