Oh! PASCAL!
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Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393952053
ISBN13:9780393952056
Release Date:January 1982
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:496 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Oh! Pascal!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
If you are a Pascal programmer, the most powerlful and easy to understand book you need is Oh! Pascal!. I have read a friend's Oh! Pascal!(Second Edition), and I was surprised of the easy-to-understand way Cooper wrote it. But now, with the Third Edition, I have learned everything I wanted about Pascal. Trust me, you will love Oh! Pascal! (third edition).
A great way to learn Pascal
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This book is great in what it does: teach you the Pascal programming language.The authors explain everything clearly and in a friendly language - it's actually FUN to read each chapter. The order in which all the concepts are introduced is just plain perfect.I think this is the BEST Pascal-learning book ever written.
Excellent teaching text
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I have used this course to teach hundreds of students. Most have found it very helpful. As a professor, I found it to be a great tool. The book is intended for people who are going to become computer science majors, but has a sense of humor (unlike many "major-oriented" books). I would guess that reviews with fewer than three stars come from disgruntled students. (Not one of mine, of course :-)).
The best introductory Pascal Text I've come across
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I used this book to teach myself the basics of Pascal before taking it as a college class. It had been recommended by programmer friends I'd known going back several years. I was delighted to find it was also used as the text for the programming class I took. Probably one of the best things the professor did was choose this text. It's not an easy book, it requires you to work *and* think about what you're learning, but it has served me well. I am not a professional programmer, tho I have worked among them, and the basic programming skills I learned from Oh! Pascal helped me speak their 'language' and understand what sort of work they were doing, and enabled me to 'translate' computerese to my other coworkers, that the programmers often didn't have the time (or inclination) to do. Again, worth the effort the book expects of it's user, not simply to learn to program pascal, but to learn to think, and understand the discipline of programming: two thumbs up.
A demanding text, but far more thorough than most.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I learnt my Pascal programming skills by dutifully working through the chapters in my spare time. I haven't seen a better book for beginners - it is thorough but humorous. Many examples use numbers and mathematics, and a reader must be prepared to think about the material being presented. It does not give masses of code for you to copy and try out, but tries to develop an understanding of the Pascal language.
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