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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

QuoteRef: straC8_1967 , p. 46



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 …   Google-1   Google-2

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