Programming, the impossible challenge /
In its modern form, the computer is only about 40 years old. And so is the job of the computer programmer. This book is a critical history of programming, written to give programmers and analysts in the commercial application field a more pragmatic insight into the background of their profession. It...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; New York : New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.,
1989.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In its modern form, the computer is only about 40 years old. And so is the job of the computer programmer. This book is a critical history of programming, written to give programmers and analysts in the commercial application field a more pragmatic insight into the background of their profession. It tells the story of why the technology evolved as it did, and how Fifth Generation techniques are already changing the situation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 463 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-463) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0444871284 9780444871282 |