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Comparative Study of Programming Languages (Computer Monograph)
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American Elsevier Pub. Co., 1967
ISBN 10: 0356022196
ISBN 13: 9780356022192
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Condizione: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Codice articolo G10L-0770
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A Comparative Study of Programming Langauges
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MacDonald - Elsevier, 1973
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Hardback. Condizione: Good. A Comparative Study of Programming Languages (1973) by Bryan Higman is the kind of book that arrives wearing a sensible jacket, clears its throat politely, and then proceeds to compare programming languages with the calm authority of someone who genuinely believes civilisation can be improved by better syntax. And you know what? He?s not wrong. This is 1973: computers are large, expensive, and generally treated with the respect usually reserved for nuclear reactors and senior managers. ?Software? is still a slightly exotic concept. ?Programmer? is not yet a hoodie-wearing archetype but more of a disciplined craftsperson with a stack of paper listings and a healthy fear of wasting machine time. And into this world comes Higman, doing something delightfully ambitious: looking across the landscape of programming languages and asking the eternal question ? what are these things actually like, and why do they behave the way they do? The joy of this book is the tone: serious, structured, and wonderfully pre-hype. No breathless claims that one language will ?change everything.? No tribal shouting. No ?best language? nonsense. Just careful comparison ? the kind that assumes the reader is intelligent, curious, and capable of holding more than one idea in their head at once. It?s computing as analysis, not as fandom. Of course, the comedy is that even in 1973 the language wars were already simmering. Humans will argue about anything, but give them a compiler and they?ll form factions. This book is the peace treaty attempt: step back, examine the features, consider the philosophies, and try to understand what each language is for ? rather than declaring victory and printing a T-shirt. It?s also a quietly fascinating time capsule of the moment when ?modern programming? was still being invented in public. You can feel the field deciding what matters: readability, structure, efficiency, expressiveness, reliability ? all the themes we still argue about now, except Higman does it without memes or hot takes. Condition (Good, as it should be) This copy is in Good condition ? clean, solid, and presentable, which feels appropriate for a book devoted to orderly thinking. It has clearly survived the decades without being thrown across a room by someone debugging at 3am, and it?s ready for a new reader who wants to see how the craft sounded when it still spoke in measured paragraphs. Why you want it Because it?s not just about languages ? it?s about the mindset behind them. It?s the history of thought, packaged in the most MacDonald?Elsevier way possible: practical, earnest, and quietly confident that good analysis can tame complexity. Perfect for: vintage computing collectors programmers who enjoy the archaeology of their own profession anyone who suspects the ?new? debates are mostly old debates in fresher fonts readers who like their tech writing calm, rigorous, and faintly intimidating Crappy Old Books offers it as a handsome survivor from the age of mainframes and measured prose ? a book from when programming languages were still young enough to be compared politely, before the internet taught everyone to shout. Codice articolo 5808
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
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Macdonald & Co London 1968, 1967
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Da: Peter White Books, Alton, Regno Unito
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Hard Cover. Vg (no dj, black cloth with gilt titles on spine, National Gas Turbine Establishment library markings else contents no fault) octavo 164pp. Codice articolo 6157
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Comparative Study of Programming Languages (Computer Monograph)
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TBS The Book Service Ltd, 1967
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Condizione: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar. Codice articolo 42881809/203
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Comparative Study of Programming Languages (Computer Monograph) Bryan Higman
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TBS The Book Service Ltd, 1967
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Da: BUCHSERVICE / ANTIQUARIAT Lars Lutzer, Wahlstedt, Germania
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Hardcover. Condizione: gut. 1967. Comparative Study of Programming Languages (Computer Monograph) In englischer Sprache. pages. Codice articolo BN250912
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