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Masterminds of Programming

Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages

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Paperback, 480 blz. | Engels
O'Reilly | 1e druk, 2009
ISBN13: 9780596515171
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Hoofdrubriek : Computer en informatica
O'Reilly 1e druk, 2009 9780596515171
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Samenvatting

'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.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780596515171
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:480
Uitgever:O'Reilly
Druk:1

Over Federico Biancuzzie

Federico Biancuzzi is a freelance interviewer. His interviews appeared on publications such as ONLamp.com, LinuxDevCenter.com, SecurityFocus.com, NewsForge.com, Linux.com, TheRegister.co.uk, ArsTechnica.com, the Polish print magazine BSD Magazine, and the Italian print magazine Linux&C. He is co-author of "Masterminds of Programming - Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages", a book published by O'Reilly.

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Over Shane Warden

Shane Warden manages Onyx Neon Press, an independent publisher. His areas of expertise include agile software development, language design, and virtual machines for dynamic languages. He is also a published novelist. His books include The Art of Agile Development and Masterminds of Programming.

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Foreword
Preface

1. C++ - Bjarne Stroustrup
2. Python - Guido van Rossum
3. APL - Adin D. Falkoff
4. FORTH - Charles D. Moore
5. BASIC - Thomas E. Kurtz
6. AWK - Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernigham
7. LUA - Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Roberto Ierusalimschy
8. HASKELL - Simon Peyton Jones, Paul Hudak, Philip Wadler, and John Hughes
9. ML - Robin Milner
10. SQL - Don Chamberlin
11. OBJECTIVE-C - Brad Cox and Tom Love
12. JAVA - James Gosling
13. C# - Anders Hejlsberg
14. UML - Ivar Jacobson, James Rumbaugh, and Grady Booch
15. PERL - Larry Wall
16. POSTSCRIPT - Charles Geschke and John Warnock
17. EIFEL - Bertrand Meyer

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