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An anthology of essays from the inventor of literate programming includes Knuth's early papers on related topics such as structured programming, as well as the Computer Journal article that launched literate programming itself.

Table of Contents
1. Computer programming as an art; 2. Structured programming with go to statements; 3. A structured program to generate all topological sorting arrangements; 4. Literate programming; 5. Programming pearls: sampling; 6. Programming pearls, continued: common words; 7. How to read a WEB; 8. Excerpts from the programs for TEX and METAFONT; 9. Mathematical writing; 10. The errors of TEX; 11. The error log of TEX; 12. An example of CWEB; Further reading; Index.

Literate Programming

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A Paperback by Donald E. Knuth

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    Publisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
    Publication Date: 6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780937073803, 978-0937073803
    ISBN10: 0937073806
    Also in:
    Object-oriented programming (OOP)

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    An anthology of essays from the inventor of literate programming includes Knuth's early papers on related topics such as structured programming, as well as the Computer Journal article that launched literate programming itself.

    Table of Contents
    1. Computer programming as an art; 2. Structured programming with go to statements; 3. A structured program to generate all topological sorting arrangements; 4. Literate programming; 5. Programming pearls: sampling; 6. Programming pearls, continued: common words; 7. How to read a WEB; 8. Excerpts from the programs for TEX and METAFONT; 9. Mathematical writing; 10. The errors of TEX; 11. The error log of TEX; 12. An example of CWEB; Further reading; Index.

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