Programming with Sets
An Introduction to SETL
Authors: Schwartz, J.T., Dewar, R.B.K., Dubinsky, E., Schonberg, E.
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The programming language SETL is a relatively new member of the so-called "very-high-level" class of languages, some of whose other well-known mem bers are LISP, APL, SNOBOL, and PROLOG. These languages all aim to reduce the cost of programming, recognized today as a main obstacle to future progress in the computer field, by allowing direct manipulation of large composite objects, considerably more complex than the integers, strings, etc., available in such well-known mainstream languages as PASCAL, PL/I, ALGOL, and Ada. For this purpose, LISP introduces structured lists as data objects, APL introduces vectors and matrices, and SETL introduces the objects characteristic for it, namely general finite sets and maps. The direct availability of these abstract, composite objects, and of powerful mathematical operations upon them, improves programmer speed and pro ductivity significantly, and also enhances program clarity and readability. The classroom consequence is that students, freed of some of the burden of petty programming detail, can advance their knowledge of significant algorithms and of broader strategic issues in program development more rapidly than with more conventional programming languages.
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Programming Concepts
Pages 1-24
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Simple Data Types, Expressions, and Operations
Pages 25-47
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Compound Data Types and Operators
Pages 48-102
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Control Structures
Pages 103-158
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Procedures
Pages 159-238
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Programming with Sets
- Book Subtitle
- An Introduction to SETL
- Authors
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- J.T. Schwartz
- R.B.K. Dewar
- E. Dubinsky
- E. Schonberg
- Series Title
- Monographs in Computer Science
- Copyright
- 1986
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4613-9575-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4613-9575-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4613-9577-5
- Series ISSN
- 0172-603X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 493
- Topics
