Systematic Program Design: From Clarity to Efficiency
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 5/20/2013
EAN 9781107610798, ISBN10: 1107610796
Paperback, 256 pages, 23.6 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
A systematic program design method can help developers ensure the correctness and performance of programs while minimizing the development cost. This book describes a method that starts with a clear specification of a computation and derives an efficient implementation by step-wise program analysis and transformations. The method applies to problems specified in imperative, database, functional, logic and object-oriented programming languages with different data, control and module abstractions. Designed for courses or self-study, this book includes numerous exercises and examples that require minimal computer science background, making it accessible to novices. Experienced practitioners and researchers will appreciate the detailed examples in a wide range of application areas including hardware design, image processing, access control, query optimization and program analysis. The last section of the book points out directions for future studies.
1. Introduction
2. Loops
incrementalize
3. Sets
incrementalize and implement
4. Recursion
iterate and incrementalize
5. Rules
iterate, incrementalize, and implement
6. Objects
incrementalize across module abstraction
7. Conclusion.