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Programming with sets : an introduction to SETL
- Title
- Programming with sets : an introduction to SETL / J.T. Schwartz, R.B.K. Dewar, E. Dubinsky, E. Schonberg.
- Author
- Schwartz, Jacob T.
- Publication
- New York : Springer-Verlag, [1986]
- ©1986
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QA76.73.S4 P76 1986 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 493 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- The programming language SETL is a relatively new member of the so-called "very-high-level" class of languages, some of whose other well-known mem bers are LISP, APL, SNOBOL, and PROLOG. These languages all aim to reduce the cost of programming, recognized today as a main obstacle to future progress in the computer field, by allowing direct manipulation of large composite objects, considerably more complex than the integers, strings, etc., available in such well-known mainstream languages as PASCAL, PL/I, ALGOL, and Ada. For this purpose, LISP introduces structured lists as data objects, APL introduces vectors and matrices, and SETL introduces the objects characteristic for it, namely general finite sets and maps. The direct availability of these abstract, composite objects, and of powerful mathematical operations upon them, improves programmer speed and pro ductivity significantly, and also enhances program clarity and readability. The classroom consequence is that students, freed of some of the burden of petty programming detail, can advance their knowledge of significant algorithms and of broader strategic issues in program development more rapidly than with more conventional programming languages
- Series Statement
- Texts and monographs in computer science
- Uniform Title
- Texts and monographs in computer science.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Programming Concepts -- Simple Data Types, Expressions, and Operations -- Compound Data Types and Operators -- Control Structures -- Procedures -- Program Development, Testing, and Debugging -- Backtracking -- Structuring Large SETL Programs -- Input/Output and Communication with the Environment -- The Data Representation Sublanguage -- The Language in Action: A Gallery of Programming Examples.
- ISBN
- 0387963995
- 9780387963990
- 3540963995
- 9783540963998
- LCCN
- 86020386
- OCLC
- ocm14134682
- 14134682
- SCSB-1162209
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library