The memory storage requirements of complex programs are extremely difficult to manage correctly by hand. A single error may lead to indeterminate and inexplicable program crashes. This text shows how dynamic memory can be recycled automatically to guarantee error-free memory management. Each of the most important algorithms is explained in detail, with illustrations of characteristic features. Techniques are presented for declarative and imperative styles (and in hostile environments like C++), for supporting most modern object-oriented languages, and for uniprocessors, shared memory...

A retrospective of the work of deceptively accessible, critically acclaimed poet.

Snow is coming, and it's time to get ready The squirrel gathers nuts, the geese soar south, and the snowshoe hare puts on its new white coat. But what should the fox do? Each animal advises the fox that its own plan is best, but the fox thinks otherwise--yet it's not until he meets a golden-eyed friend that he finds the perfect way to celebrate the snowfall. Stunning illustrations by the new talent Richard Jones are the perfect complement to the Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer's lyrical and playful homage to the natural world.

Using simple, clear language and beautiful illustrations, this picture book introduces budding scientists to the seasons as squirrels scamper through the winter, spring, summer, and fall. Full color.