Programming in Modula-3: An Introduction in Programming with Style [Hardcover]

Laszlo Böszörmenyi (Author), Carsten Weich (Author), R. Bach (Translator), J. Weizenbaum (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 19, 1996

The difficulty of programming lies in the need to bring our ideas into a form that can be processed by a machine. This book shows how to write and understand even complex programs by applying proper structures and good style. It uses the programming language Modula-3, which relies on and extends the well-known concepts of Pascal and Modula-2. The steps needed to become an expert programmer are based first of all on the elegant type concept of Modula-3. The programming style supported by this concept leads the reader step-by-step toward coping with complex data structures and algorithms. Such new and exciting subjects as object-oriented and parallel programming are touched upon. The book requires no prior programming experience.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Product Details

• Hardcover: 571 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 19, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540579125
• ISBN-13: 978-3540579120
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,244,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great language, horrible book, October 15, 2005

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Mika Nystroem (Pasadena, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Programming in Modula-3: An Introduction in Programming with Style (Hardcover)

Modula-3 is one of the great milestones in programming language design.
It is not, as one of the reviewers of this book has said,
a language whose deficiencies were corrected by C++.
On the contrary, Modula-3 was developed after C++ (in the late 80s) and
in fact corrects many of the deficiencies of that language. Many
of the features of Java and C# were lifted more or less intactly
from Modula-3, and the designers of Java have regretted that
they didn't lift more, as they have had to add generics later.

That being said, this is a terrible book. It is poorly organized
and poorly written.
Greg Nelson's "Systems Programming with Modula-3" is the best book, and most of it is available for
free on the Web. Harbison's "Modula-3" is a good introduction
for someone who just wants to know how to write basic programs
in the language. Unfortunately neither of these books is in
print any longer...

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is extremely difficult to understand., April 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming in Modula-3: An Introduction in Programming with Style (Hardcover)

Excellent teaching guides are easy to read and understand. They're fun and only heighten interest in learning. Programming in Modula-3:An Introduction in Programming with Style by Laszlo Boszormenyi and Carsten Weich is NO INTRODUCTION. They're explanations are difficult to follow. In addition, it fails to enlighten the reader. I would not recommend this book to a fellow student or programming hobbiest who's just looking to learn a little bit more about Modula-3. I'm disappointed there aren't more Modula-3 programming books.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The most complicated and obfuscated programming book ever!, January 24, 2003

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peculiarmo "lpond1" (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Programming in Modula-3: An Introduction in Programming with Style (Hardcover)

This definitely is not the book I would use if you are forced to learn modula-3. I say forced to learn because it is hardly used, if ever in the industry. I had to learn it due to a programming class. This book has horrible examples, and god-awful explanations. If you have a PhD in Computer Science then this book is for you. For the 99.999% of the worlds population find another book that's not by these authors.