A Discipline of Programming 59683rd Edition by Edsger W. Dijkstra (PDF)

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Clean wraps, corners square, lay flat. No creases to the spine, or hinge. Small frayed spot at the top of the spine. No previous owner’s name, no other marks in text. Well kept copy.

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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com Review Author Edsger W. Dijkstra introduces A Discipline of Programming with the statement, “My original idea was to publish a number of beautiful algorithms in such a way that the reader could appreciate their beauty.” In this classic work, Dijkstra achieves this goal and accomplishes a great deal more. He begins by considering the questions, “What is an algorithm?” and “What are we doing when we program?” These questions lead him to an interesting digression on the semantics of programming languages, which, in turn, leads to essays on programming language constructs, scoping of variables, and array references. Dijkstra then delivers, as promised, a collection of beautiful algorithms. These algorithms are far ranging, covering mathematical computations, various kinds of sorting problems, pattern matching, convex hulls, and more. Because this is an old book, the algorithms presented are sometimes no longer the best available. However, the value in reading A Discipline of Programming is to absorb and understand the way that Dijkstra thought about these problems, which, in some ways, is more valuable than a thousand algorithms.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐A bit heavy and outdated language, but the content rocks!

⭐Very famous classic algorithm book. But, too high-level and complex for me.

⭐A must read, along with Knuth, for anyone that truly wants to understand modern computing.

⭐If you are a Computer Science or Software Engineering kind of person, read this book. I think it is on par with Knuth’s books.

⭐I bought the book wanting to learn the guarded command language andbecause I have read many EWDs. His writing is clear, the reasoningprecise.I should have read it years ago.

⭐A pillars in computer science, the birth of IT architecture

⭐This is a classic book from one of the world’s finest minds.

⭐One of the greats.

⭐Between Jackson’s inverted programming and the batch update program in this book, traditional commercial computer programming (Fortan, COBOL, PL/1) of the 70s and early 80s was transformed for the very few. Structured programming, as it was called, was made real. This book was just a bit too hard to read to make a deep impact. I remember it vividly even though my copy was stolen 20 years ago. And its theft alone means someone else agreed with me. ;-}

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