Ebook: Programming with Sets: An Introduction to SETL
- Genre: Computers // Programming
- Tags: Programming Languages Compilers Interpreters, Software Engineering
- Series: Texts and Monographs in Computer Science
- Year: 1986
- Publisher: Springer
- Language: English
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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Programming Concepts....Pages 1-24
Simple Data Types, Expressions, and Operations....Pages 25-47
Compound Data Types and Operators....Pages 48-102
Control Structures....Pages 103-158
Procedures....Pages 159-238
Program Development, Testing, and Debugging....Pages 239-308
Backtracking....Pages 309-322
Structuring Large SETL Programs....Pages 323-344
Input/Output and Communication with the Environment....Pages 345-371
The Data Representation Sublanguage....Pages 372-403
The Language in Action: A Gallery of Programming Examples....Pages 404-466
Back Matter....Pages 467-493
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Programming Concepts....Pages 1-24
Simple Data Types, Expressions, and Operations....Pages 25-47
Compound Data Types and Operators....Pages 48-102
Control Structures....Pages 103-158
Procedures....Pages 159-238
Program Development, Testing, and Debugging....Pages 239-308
Backtracking....Pages 309-322
Structuring Large SETL Programs....Pages 323-344
Input/Output and Communication with the Environment....Pages 345-371
The Data Representation Sublanguage....Pages 372-403
The Language in Action: A Gallery of Programming Examples....Pages 404-466
Back Matter....Pages 467-493
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