Programming in Modula-2

ISBN-13: 9783642835674 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 182 str.

Niklaus Wirth

Opis

This is the 4th edition of a successful book which first appeared in 1982. It is an introduction to programming in general as well as a manual for programming with the language Modula-2 in particular. It is oriented primarily towards people who have already acquired some basic knowledge of programming and would like to deepen their understanding in a more structured way. Nevertheless, an introductory chapter is included for the benefit of the beginner, displaying in a concise form some of the fundamental concepts of computers and their programming. The text is therefore also suitable as a self-contained tutorial. The notation used is Modula-2, which lends itself well to a structured approach and leads the student to a working style that has generally become known under the title of structured programming. Modula-2 is a descendant of Pascal, and is particularly suited for programming larger and more complex systems in a structured way. The principal improvement in this 4th edition is a completely new layout. The main changes in the contents are a few minor adaptations in the area of type compatibility. "Programming in Modula-2" by Niklaus Wirth can be considered as the standard reference for Modula-2 programmers.

Spis treści

1 Introduction.- 2 A First Example.- 3 A Notation to Describe the Syntax of Modula.- 4 Representation of Modula Programs.- 5 Statements and Expressions.- 6 Control Structures.- 7 Elementary Data Types.- 8 Constant and Variable Declarations.- 9 The Data Structure Array.- 10 Procedures.- 11 The Concept of Locality.- 12 Parameters.- 13 Function Procedures.- 14 Recursion.- 15 Type Declarations.- 16 Enumeration Types.- 17 Subrange Types.- 18 Set Types.- 19 Record Types.- 20 Records with Variant Parts.- 21 Dynamic Structures and Pointers.- 22 Procedure Types.- 23 Modules.- 24 Definition and Implementation Parts.- 25 Program Decomposition into Modules.- 26 Local Modules.- 27 Sequential Input and Output.- 28 Screen-Oriented Input and Output.- 29 Low-Level Facilities.- 30 Concurrent Processes and Coroutines.- 31 Device Handling, Concurrency, and Interrupts.- Report on the Programming Language Modula-2.- Appendix 1: The Syntax of Modula-2.- Appendix 2: Standard Utility Modules.- Appendix 3: The ASCII Character Set.- Appendix 4: Syntax Diagrams.