Programming on Purpose: Essays on Software Design

By Lev M. Klyatis

Book Overview

A guided tour of numerous software design methods, this volume collects into book form a variety of articles from P.J. Plauger's monthly column Programming on Purpose which has been entertaining readers of Computer Language Magazine for years. Topics span the gamut from how to be a software entrepreneur, the innards of floating point arithmetic, and the turbulent world of software design methodologies, including structured analysis and data-structured design, why "bottom-up" design isn't always foolish, and why "top-down" design isn't always wise. MARKETS: For supplemental reading in an intermediate or advanced course on software design methods or software engineering, and for practicing programmers, software engineers, and specialists. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0137213743
• ISBN13: 9780137213740
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"