A Discipline of Programming (Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation) by Edsger W. Dijkstra (1976-03-03)

Edsger W. Dijkstra

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ISBN 10: 0613924118 ISBN 13: 9780613924115

Published by Prentice-Hall, 1976

Language: English

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Heavy wear to the dust jacket with chipping and tearing. Light wear to the boards. Sound binding. Mostly clean interior pages with occasional highlighting and underlining. New mylar added to the dust jacket. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Acceptable. This copy is the Third Printing of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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Title: A Discipline of Programming (Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation) by Edsger W. Dijkstra (1976-03-03)
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Publication Date: 1976
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0613924118
ISBN 13: 9780613924115
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Weight: 1.3 pounds

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Author Edsger W. Dijkstra introduces A Discipline of Programming with the statement, "My original idea was to publish a number of beautiful algorithms in such a way that the reader could appreciate their beauty." In this classic work, Dijkstra achieves this goal and accomplishes a great deal more.

He begins by considering the questions, "What is an algorithm?" and "What are we doing when we program?" These questions lead him to an interesting digression on the semantics of programming languages, which, in turn, leads to essays on programming language constructs, scoping of variables, and array references. Dijkstra then delivers, as promised, a collection of beautiful algorithms.

These algorithms are far ranging, covering mathematical computations, various kinds of sorting problems, pattern matching, convex hulls, and more. Because this is an old book, the algorithms presented are sometimes no longer the best available. However, the value in reading A Discipline of Programming is to absorb and understand the way that Dijkstra thought about these problems, which, in some ways, is more valuable than a thousand algorithms.

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