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This revised, second edition three-volume set uses the Log programming language as the vehicle for an exploration of computer science from the perspective of symbolic computation and artificial intelligence.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Data files: reader and writer; end of file; case sensitivity; dribble files; a text formatter; page geometry; the program; improving the formatter. Part 2 Example - finding file differences: program overview; the file information block abstract data type; saving and re-reading input lines; skipping equal lines; comparing and remembering unequal lines; reporting a difference; program listing. Part 3 Nonlocal exit: quiz program revisited; nonlocal exit and modularity; nonlocal output; catching errors; ending it all. Part 4 Example - solitaire: the user interface; the game of solitaire; running the program; program structure; initialization; data abstraction; stacks; program as data; multiple branching; further explorations; program listing. Part 5 Program as data: text and define; automated definition; a single-keystroke program generator; procedure cross-reference listing. Part 6 Example - BASIC compiler: a short course in BASIC; using the BASIC translator; overview of the implementation; the reader; the parser; the code generator; the runtime library; further explorations; program listing. Part 7 Pattern matcher: reinventing Equal for lists; a simple pattern matcher; efficiency and elegance; Logo's evaluations of inputs; indirect assignments; defaults; program as data; parsing rules; further explorations; program listing. Part 8 Property lists: naming properties; writing property list procedures in Logo; property lists aren't variables; how language designers earn their pay; fast replacement; defaults; an example - family trees. Part 9 Example - doctor: Eliza and artificial intelligence; Eliza's linguistic strategy; stimulus-response psychology; property lists; generated symbols; modification of list structure; linguistic structure; further explorations; program listing. Part 10 Iteration, control structures, extensibility: recursion as iteration; numeric iteration; Logo - an extensible language; no perfect control structures; iteration over a list; implementing apply; mapping; mapping as a metaphor; other higher order functions; mapping over trees; iteration and tail recursion; multiple inputs to For; the evaluation environment bug. Part 11 Example - cryptographer's helper: program structure; guided tour of global variables; what's in a name? flag variables; iteration over letters; computed variables names; further explorations; program listing. (Part contents).

Review :
"In the world of theatre Harvey' is a large, white rabbit who happens to be invisible. Elementary computer science's Harvey' is more like a tiger - clever, colorful, powerful, and, thanks to this revised edition of a classic set of texts, very visible indeed."--William Higginson, Coordinator; Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Group, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada & quot; In the world of theatre Harvey' is a large, white rabbit who happens to be invisible. Elementary computer science's Harvey' is more like a tiger - clever, colorful, powerful, and, thanks to this revised edition of a classic set of texts, very visible indeed.& quot; -- William Higginson, Coordinator; Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Group, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada " In the world of theatre Harvey' is a large, white rabbit who happens to be invisible. Elementary computer science's Harvey' is more like a tiger - clever, colorful, powerful, and, thanks to this revised edition of a classic set of texts, very visible indeed." -- William Higginson, Coordinator; Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Group, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada -- William Higginson, Coordinator; Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Group, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780262581516
  • Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 63 mm
  • Weight: 2383 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0262581515
  • Publisher Date: 14 Feb 1997
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Vol. 1
  • Width: 204 mm


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