Structures and abstractions : an introduction to computer science with Pascal /
William I. Salmon.
- Homewood, Illinois : Irwin Inc., c1991
- xix, 872 pages various paging : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One. Computing -- Part Two. Program Structures and Data Types -- Part Three. Control Structures -- Part Four. Data Structures and Data Abstractions -- Part Five. Algorithms and Analysis -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Index.
An introduction to computer science topics rather than simply a first programming text with PASCAL. The author introduces procedural abstraction, hierarchy, explicit problem-solving techniques, recursion, correctness, rudimentary analysis and data abstraction on the undergraduate level.