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Volume II of The Handbook of Programming Languages covers four important Imperative Languages: FORTRAN 95, C, Turbo Pascal, and Icon. FORTRAN was the first of the major programming languages; Walt Brainerd, has been active where FORTRAN 77, FORTRAN 90 and, now, FORTRAN 95 are concerned. This volume also features an essay on its history and development of C by its creator, Dennis Ritchie. Computing pioneer Ralph Griswold, the creator of Icon, has contributed a foundation for both the philosophy behind and the use of the language. Ron Cytron writes a unique essay on Intermediate Languages and Series Editor-in-Chief, Peter H. Salus provides a foreword on the development of computer languages. The material about the languages themselves will enable the reader to evaluate which is most suitable for the task at hand.
I. FORTRAN.
1. Fortran.
Introduction. An Overview of the Fortran Language. More Information About Fortran. References.
II. C.
2. The Development of the C Language.
Introduction. History. The Development of C. Whence Success?9. Acknowledgements. References.
3. C Programming.
Introduction. Basic Types, Constants, and Declarations. Expressions. Statements. Functions. Pointers and Arrays. User-Defined Data Structures. The C Preprocessor. The Runtime Environment. The Standard C Library. Acknowledgements. Bibliography.
III. INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGES.
4. Intermediate Languages.
Overview. Patterns of IL Conception. Principles of IL Design. Case Study. Summary. Acknowledgements. Bibliography.
IV. PASCAL.
5. Turbo Pascal.
The History of Pascal. Pascal Constructs. Common Questions and Answers. References.
V. ICON.
6. The Icon Programming Language.
Background. The Language. Programming Techniques and Examples. Icon Resources. References.
Index.