Principled Programming - by Tim Teitelbaum (Paperback)

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Book Synopsis This book is an introduction to computer programming aimed at the level of a first college course. It is also suitable as a monograph for people beyond the introductory level who are unfamiliar with its methodological content. A typical introductory programming textbook begins with the notions of algorithm , program , computer , program execution , memory , input , and output . The rest of the book presents a programming language . Each language feature is defined by its syntax , i.e., how to punctuate it, and its semantics , i.e., what the feature does during program execution. Small programs or program snippets illustrate each feature and its utility. Because modern programm…