Pascal: An Introduction To Methodical Programming, 3rd Edition

by David A. Watt (Author), William Findlay (Author)

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  Paperback
  1985

  $3.25

  The third edition of this bestselling title will be invaluable both to novices and those with experience of programming in languages other than Pascal. The text is divided into six parts. Part 1 brings the novice to the stage of writing and testing complete programs; Part 2 covers the data types, CHAR and REAL and ordinal types in general; Part 3 introduces simple data structures; Part 4 introduces functions, procedures and parameters; Part 5 relates data structures to the methodical development of a program; Part 6 deals with additional topics. Other important features include * Emphasis on stepwise refinement * Wide selection of problems, exercises and case studies * Extreme accuracy, particularly in such critical areas as text files * Clear, readable style