Masterminds of programming

Conversations with the creators of major programming languages

Federico Biancuzzi, Shane Warden - Collection Theory In Practice

480 pages, parution le 01/03/2009

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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.

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Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. Think along with Adin D. Falkoff (APL), James Gosling (Java), Bjarne Stroustrup (C++), and others whose vision and hard work helped shape the computer industry. You'll find advice you can apply to systems you're developing, even if you don't use the specific languages being discussed.

L'auteur - Federico Biancuzzi

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.

He is co-author of Masterminds of Programming - Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages, a book published by O'Reilly.

L'auteur - 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.

Sommaire

C++
Python
APL
Forth
BASIC
AWK
Lua
Haskell
ML
SQL
Objective-C
Java
C#
UML
Perl
PostScript
Eiffel

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	O'Reilly
Auteur(s)	Federico Biancuzzi, Shane Warden
Collection	Theory In Practice
Parution	01/03/2009
Nb. de pages	480
Format	18 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	886g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780596515171
ISBN13	978-0-596-51517-1