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1、COMPUTERSCIENCESERIESComputerArchitecture,CaxtonC.FosterAdvancedProgramming,HarryKatzan,Jr.APLProgrammingandComputerTechniques,HarryKatzan,Jr.APLUser'sGuide,HarryKatzan,Jr.TheAnatomyofaCompiler,JohnA.N.LeeNumericalAnalysisforComputers,JohnA.N.LeeComputers:ASystemsApproach,NedChapinComputerOrganiza
2、tionandtheSystem/370,HarryKatzan,Jr.ThePsychologyofComputerProgramming,GeraldM.WeinbergVanNostrandReinholdCompanyRegionalOffices:NewYorkCincinnatiChicagoMillbraeDallasVanNostrandReinholdCompanyInternationalOffices:LondonTorontoMelbourneCopyright@1971byLittonEducationalPublishing,Inc.LibraryofCongr
3、essCatalogCardNumber:72-165613Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisworkcoveredbythecopyrighthereonmaybereproducedorusedinanyformorbyanymeans--graphic,electronic,ormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,taping,orinformationstorageandretrievalstystems-withoutwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.Manufactured
4、intheUnitedStatesofAmericaPublishedbyVanNostrandReinholdCompany450West33rdStreet,NewYork,N.Y.10001PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanadabyVanNostrandReinholdLtd.Tomyteachers,friends,students.PrefaceThisbookhasonlyonemajorpurpose-totriggerthebeginningofanewfieldofstudy:computerprogrammingasahumanactivity,
5、or,inshort,thepsychologyofcomputerprogramming.Allothergoalsaresubservienttothatone.Forinstance,Ihavetriedtomakethebookinterestingandnontechnical,insofarasispossible,soastoen-couragethegreatestnumberofpeopletoreadit:notjustprogrammers,butprogrammingmanagersandothersconnectedwithprogramminginthemany
6、waysweareconnectedwithprogrammingthesedays.WhatIamtryingtoaccomplishistohavethereadersay,uponfinishingthebook,"Yes,programmingisnotjustamatterofhardwareandsoftware.Ishallhavetolookatthingsinanewwayfromnowon."Becausethisisanewfield-anewwayoflookingatfamiliarthings-ithasnotalwaysbeenpossibletosuppor
7、tcertainideaswith"scientific"evidence.Indeed,manyoftheviewsinthebookaremerelytheauthor'sopinions-oftenstrongopinions,butnotbasedonanythingbetterthanpersonalobservationovermanyyears.Nodoubt,manyoftheseopinionsarej