Principles of Program Design (APIC)

The original program design text, this book is about programming for data processing applications, and it presents a coherent method and procedure for designing systems, programs, and components that are transparently simple and self evidently correct. The main emphasis is on the structure--on the dissection of a problem into parts and the arrangement of those parts to form a solution. Exercises and questions for discussion are given at the end of almost every chapter. This book is about programming for data processing applications, and its purpose is to present a coherent method and procedure for designing systems, programs, and components. The main emphasis is on the structure: on the dissection of a problem into parts and the arrangement of those parts to form a solution. Each chapter features exercises and questions, which readers are encouraged to try and solve before reading the solution