Quote: programming languages deal with abstract objects, contrary to the conventional view that programs are symbol strings plus rules for manipulating these strings; the later yields a macrogenerator without regard to semantics
Topic: abstraction in programming
Topic: programming as mathematics
Topic: abstraction in programming language
Topic: symbolic representation
Topic: macros
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Throughout this course, I have adopted the point … that the details of the way in which … in the computing world, and even more so … A much more conventional view is that a … language the set of rules for writing down … this attitude is a macrogenerator whose function is …
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