Program Style, Design, Efficiency, Debugging, and Testing (Hardcover)

~ Dennis Van Tassel (Author)

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Hardcover: 328 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (August 1978)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0137299478
ISBN-13: 978-0137299478

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,800,070 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Lore of Programming" - from preface, November 5, 2000

By	Daniel Mall "engineersoftware" (San Gabriel, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Published in 1978. Each chapter contains a well-conceived set of programming maxims and a thorough set of exercises. Excellent discussing of commenting techniques and program style. "Comments should provide something extra - not just paraphrase the code." Example code fragments are presented in COBOL, FORTRAN, ALGOL, and PL/I. The program design chapter covers simplicity, problem definition, algorithm selection, generality, modest goals, and structured programming. Discussion of issues related to programs stored on punch cards and executed by machine room operators provides a humorous historical context. "Large monolithic programs are like a plate of spaghetti: pull it here and something moves on the other side." Spaghetti code issues still appear in the object-oriented programs of the 1990's.

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