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Pascal for BASIC programmers / Charles Seiter and Robert Weiss

By: Seiter, Charles [author]Contributor(s): Robert Weiss [co-author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Massachusetts : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company , c1983Description: xii, 242 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 201065770Subject(s): DATABASE | PROGRAMMINGLOC classification: QA 76.73.P2 .S45 1983

Contents:

Chapter 1. A mini-book: pascal in one evening -- Chapter 2. Orientation: pascal for microcomputer -- Chapter 3. Variables and expressions -- Chapter 4. Variables not available in basic -- Chapter 5. Control of program execution -- Chapter 6. Input and output -- Chapter 7. Procedures -- Chapter 8. Systematic programming -- Chapter 9. Two pascal programs.

Summary: BASIC and Pascal are both computer languages that have been adapted elegantly to microcomputers. Although they are similar in many details, the flavor of programming in them is quite different. Each has its strengths and its weaknesses. This book is oriented toward a reader who has a home or small business computer, is familiar with BASIC, and wants to investigate the power and convenience of Pascal. It should also be useful to a BASIC programmer encountering Pascal on a larger computer.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	LRC - Annex	National University - Manila	Gen. Ed. - CCIT	Relegation Room	GC QA 76.73 P2 .S45 1983 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000002737

Includes index.

BASIC and Pascal are both computer languages that have been adapted elegantly to microcomputers. Although they are similar in many details, the flavor of programming in them is quite different. Each has its strengths and its weaknesses.
This book is oriented toward a reader who has a home or small business computer, is familiar with BASIC, and wants to investigate the power and convenience of Pascal. It should also be useful to a BASIC programmer encountering Pascal on a larger computer.

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