Icon and Unicon - A More Advanced Programming Language

Author: Lu Song
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book introduces a more advanced and practical computer programming language, Icon/Unicon, in a clear and concise manner. The book is divided into three parts and contains 25 chapters. It begins with the history of programming languages and thoroughly explains the data structures, control structures, string processing, file operations, numerical calculations, production mechanisms, co-expressions, computer graphics, and advanced techniques such as graphical interface development, object-oriented programming, database operations, Internet programming, and operating system control interfaces in the cross-platform programming language Icon/Unicon. The book also provides some interesting and practical program examples developed based on Icon/Unicon. The content is rich, well-structured, and well-illustrated, allowing readers to master the language while experiencing the unique charm of Icon/Unicon's powerful yet simple and easy-to-learn features, as well as the joy that is difficult to obtain in programming with other languages. This book is suitable as an introductory-level learning tutorial for computer programming languages. It is not only applicable to college and graduate students in computer science and related fields but is also suitable for beginners in computer programming and liberal arts students studying programming languages due to the simplicity and ease of learning of Icon/Unicon.