From Mathematics to Generic Programming

Download or read book From Mathematics to Generic Programming written by Alexander A. Stepanov and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2014 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a great introduction to the core principles of generic programming for the experienced programmer. The authors work through examples showing how to analyze the requirements of an algorithm and make it as general as possible. The book includes several programming "laws" of particular interest to those building software components. The authors show how programmers can become more effective by learning about the idea of abstraction and the math it relies on. In an engaging and accessible fashion, they describe how these mathematical results were first discovered and are surprisingly useful in programming.