Masterminds of programming /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | Sebastopol, Calif. : O'Reilly Media, ©2009. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 480 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Theory in practice Theory in practice (Sebastopol, Calif.) |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13595324 |
| Summary: | Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. In this unique collection, you'll learn about the processes that led to specific design decisions, including the goals they had in mind, the trade-offs they had to make, and how their experiences have left an impact on programming today. Masterminds of Programming includes individual interviews with: Adin D. Falkoff: APL Thomas E. Kurtz: BASIC Charles H. Moore: FORTH Robin Milner: ML Donald D. Chamberlin: SQL Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan: AWK Charles Geschke and John Warnock: PostScript Bjarne Stroustrup: C++ Bertrand Meyer: Eiffel Brad Cox and Tom Love: Objective-C Larry Wall: Perl Simon Peyton Jones, Paul Hudak, Philip Wadler, and John Hughes: Haskell Guido van Rossum: Python Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Roberto Ierusalimschy: Lua James Gosling: Java Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and James Rumbaugh: UML Anders Hejlsberg: Delphi inventor and lead developer of C#If you're interested in the people whose vision and hard work helped shape the computer industry, you'll find Masterminds of Programming fascinating. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (Safari, viewed August 20, 2009). Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 480 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780596550943 0596550944 9780596555504 0596555504 9780596801670 059680167X 0596515170 9780596515171 |