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The Practice of Programming
Brian Kernighan
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Description for The Practice of Programming
Paperback. Helping make individual programmers more effective and productive, this book contains practical advice and real-world examples in C, C++, Java, and a variety of special-purpose languages. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: UM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 188 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
With the same insight and authority that made their book The Unix Programming Environment a classic, Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike have written The Practice of Programming to help make individual programmers more effective and productive. The practice of programming is more than just writing code. Programmers must also assess tradeoffs, choose among design alternatives, debug and test, improve performance, and maintain software written by themselves and others. At the same time, they must be concerned with issues like compatibility, robustness, and reliability, while meeting specifications. The Practice of Programming covers all these topics, and more. ... Read more
With the same insight and authority that made their book The Unix Programming Environment a classic, Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike have written The Practice of Programming to help make individual programmers more effective and productive. The practice of programming is more than just writing code. Programmers must also assess tradeoffs, choose among design alternatives, debug and test, improve performance, and maintain software written by themselves and others. At the same time, they must be concerned with issues like compatibility, robustness, and reliability, while meeting specifications. The Practice of Programming covers all these topics, and more. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pearson Education (US) United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Harlow, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780201615869
SKU
V9780201615869
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-32
About Brian Kernighan
Brian W. Kernighan works in the Computing Science Research Center at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. He is Consulting Editor for Addison-Wesley's Professional Computing Series and the author, with Dennis Ritchie, of The C Programming Language. Rob Pike works in the Computing Science Research Center at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies. He was a lead architect and implementer of ... Read more
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