Essays in computing science

• Main Author: Hoare, C. A. R. 1934- Charles Antony Richard (Author)
• Other Authors: Jones, C. B. (Cliff B.d1944- (Editor)
• Format: Unknown
• Published: New York Prentice Hall 1989
• Series: Prentice Hall International series in computer science
• Subjects: Electronic data processing; Computers
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• Item Description: Includes index.
• Physical Description: xii, 412 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 393-404)
• ISBN: 0132840278

Contents: *Forward *Preface *The Emperor's old clothes *Quicksort *A contribution to the development of ALGOL *An axiomatic basis for computer programming *Proof of a program:Find *Procedures and parameters: an axiomatic approach *Compufer science *Proof of correctness of data representations *Proof of a structured program: the Sieve of Eratosthenes *A structured paging system *An axiomatic definition of the programming language Pascal *Monitors: an operating system structuring concept *Hints on programming-language design *Recursive data structures *Parallel programming: an axiomatic approach *Communicating sequential processes *A calculus of total correctness for communicating sequential processes *Programming is an engineering profession *A couple of novelties in the propositional calculus *Programs are predicates *The mathematics of programming *An overview of some formal methods for program design *Envoi *References *Bibliography of works by C.A.R. Hoare *Index