| Literate Programming Contributor(s): Knuth, Donald E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0937073806 ISBN-13: 9780937073803 Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1992 Annotation: Literate programming is a programming methodology that combines a programming language with a documentation language, making programs more easily maintained than programs written only in a high-level language. A literate programmer is an essayist who writes programs for humans to understand. 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 includes Knuth's early papers on related topics such as structured programming as well as the Computer Journal article that launched literate programming. 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. Index included. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming - Object Oriented - Computers | Social Aspects - Computers | Programming Languages - General |
| Dewey: 005.11 |
| LCCN: 91039510 |
| Series: CSLI Lecture Notes |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.06" W x 9.1" (1.36 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Knuth, Donald E.: - Donald E. Knuth is one of the world's pre-eminent computer scientists, whose works have had a profound influence on the subject since the publication in 1968 of the first volume of The Art of Computer Programming. Knuth created TeX, a language for typesetting mathematical and scientific texts, and METAFONT, a computer software system for alphabet design. He is professor emeritus at Stanford University. |