Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics, W. M. Newman and R. F. Sproull, McGraw‐Hill, New York, 1973. No. of pages: 607. Price: £14.95
I. C. Braid · Software Practice and Experience · 1975
Programming', in which the foundations of the subject were laid.In the middle part, Hoare discusses the structured approach to the choice of data structure, stressing the advantage of using abstract concepts, and deferring as long as possible questions of representation.In the final section, Dahl and Hoare show how it all fits together in the construction of hierarchical programs.Anyone who regards the writing of a program as a disciplined design process (akin to engineering design), rather than as an intuitive and informal activity that at best approaches artistic creativity but more often resembles the worst kind of do-ityourself handicraft-in short, any true professional-should read and re-read this book.When Briggs came across Napier's first treatise on logarithms, '. . . it was ever in his bosom, or in his hand, or pressed to his heart, as with eager eyes and mind absorbed, he read it again and again'.