Authors:Don Snyder, Patrick Mills, Adam C. Resnick, Brent
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: framework, metrics, methods, programming, force, capabilities, risks, air, assessing
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 083304608X
ISBN-13: 9780833046086

The goal of the defense budget is to deliver a portfolio of capabilities to meet a spectrum of uncertain future security environments. Despite progress in recent U.S. Air Force capabilities-based programming efforts, many limitations persist, and there are many disconnects between capability assessments and programming. To help mitigate these limitations, the findings presented here reexamine capabilities-based programming by introducing a new definition of capability metrics and a new set of algorithms for building and evaluating budgeting allocations. The capability metrics relate resources

Author: Paul Graham
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: lisp, common, advanced, techniques
Number of Pages: 413
Published: 1993-09-09
ISBN-10: 0130305529
ISBN-13: 9780130305527

Written by a Lisp expert, this is the most comprehensive tutorial on the advanced features of Lisp for experienced programmers. It shows how to program in the bottom-up style that is ideal for Lisp programming, and includes a unique, practical collection of Lisp programming techniques that shows how to take advantage of the language’s design for efficient programming in a wide variety of applications.

Author: Leo Brodie
Publisher: Punchy Publishing
Keywords: forth, thinking
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 2004-12-27
ISBN-10: 0976458705
ISBN-13: 9780976458708

Now in it’s Third Edition (2004), this enduring work is the only book to fully explore not just the semantics of the Forth programming language, but also the philosophy and style that is used by its most successful practitioners. Interestingly, this philosophy applies well to programming practice in any language.

Authors:Suzanne Skublics, Edward J. Klimas, David A. Thomas,
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: style, smalltalk
Number of Pages: 127
Published: 2002-05-21
ISBN-10: 0131655493
ISBN-13: 9780131655492

Bridging the gap between established software engineering principles and the real-world practice of programming, this book presents guidelines for programming in the Smalltalk language that will result in source code that is clear, easy to read, and easy to understand. Covers layout and structure, code formatting, reliability and portability, and tips.

Authors:Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Fl
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: computing, programming, introduction, programs, design
Number of Pages: 720
Published: 2001-02-12
ISBN-10: 0262062186
ISBN-13: 9780262062183

This introduction to programming places computer science in the core of a liberal arts education. Unlike other introductory books, it focuses on the program design process. This approach fosters a variety of skills--critical reading, analytical thinking, creative synthesis, and attention to detail--that are important for everyone, not just future computer programmers. The book exposes readers to two fundamentally new ideas. First, it presents program design guidelines that show the reader how to analyze a problem statement; how to formulate concise goals; how to make up examples; how to dev

Author: Mark Jason Dominus
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Keywords: programs, transforming, perl, order, higher
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 2005-03-28
ISBN-10: 1558607013
ISBN-13: 9781558607019

Most Perl programmers were originally trained as C and Unix programmers, so the Perl programs that they write bear a strong resemblance to C programs. However, Perl incorporates many features that have their roots in other languages such as Lisp. These advanced features are not well understood and are rarely used by most Perl programmers, but they are very powerful. They can automate tasks in everyday programming that are difficult to solve in any other way. One of the most powerful of these techniques is writing functions that manufacture or modify other functions. For example, instead of wri

Authors:Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman,
Publisher: Mit Press
Keywords: computer, engineering, science, electrical, mit, interpretation, structure
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1985-01
ISBN-10: 0262010771
ISBN-13: 9780262010771

With an analytical and rigorous approach to problem solving and programming techniques, this book is oriented toward engineering. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs emphasizes the central role played by different approaches to dealing with time in computational models. Its unique approach makes it appropriate for an introduction to computer science courses, as well as programming languages and program design.