Literate Programming

Knuth, Donald E.

ISBN 10: 0937073806 / ISBN 13: 9780937073803

Verlag: Stanford Univ Center for the Study, 1992

Beschreibung

1st edition. 384 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0937073806

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Literate Programming
• Verlag: Stanford Univ Center for the Study
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0937073806
• ISBN-13: 9780937073803
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Brand New

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Inhaltsangabe

This anthology of essays from Donald Knuth, "the father of computer science," and the inventor of literate programming includes early essays on related topics such as structured programming, as well as The Computer Journal article that launched literate programming itself. Many examples are given, including excerpts from the programs for TeX and METAFONT. The final essay is an example of CWEB, a system for literate programming in C and related languages.

This volume is first in a series of Knuth's collected works.

Reseña del editor

Literate programming is a programming methodology that combines a programming language with a documentation language, making programs more robust, more portable, and more easily maintained than programs written only in a high-level language. Computer programmers already know both kinds of languages; they need only learn a few conventions about alternating between languages to create programs that are works of literature. A literate programmer is an essayist who writes programs for humans to understand, instead of primarily writing instructions for machines to follow. When programs are written in the recommended style they can be transformed into documents by a document compiler and into efficient code by an algebraic compiler. This anthology of essays from the inventor of literate programming includes Knuth's early papers on related topics such as structured programming, as well as the Computer Journal article that launched literate programming itself.