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An introductory textbook that teaches computer understanding as well as elementary programming. It is one of a series of four new books using four different programming languages, all written by the same author. This FORTRAN version conforms to the ANSI FORTRAN-77 Standard. In the first chapter it explains how computers work. It then steps through a series of graded illustrative programs that start with simple tasks & progress to more-&-more advanced features of the language, including loops (Chap. 2), arrays (Chap. 3), & subroutines (Chap. 4). It ends with string processing (Chap. 7) & some specialized features of FORTRAN (Chap. 8), followed by several useful appendices. There are exercises & programming assignments at the end of most of the chapters, with answers given for selected exercises. The book benefits from the author's extensive experience as a teacher & consultant, both in the selection & sequencing of topics & in the discussion of the practical realities of software development.Huddleston, John V. is the author of 'Introduction to Computers - FORTRAN Version', published 1989 under ISBN 9780945261018 and ISBN 0945261012.
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