Overview
This text gives students a strong foundation of computing early on in their coursework. The book is structured into two
parts: (a) the underlying structure of a computer; and (b) programming in two high-level languages and programming methodology. Taking a bottom-up approach from foundational concepts, such as how a computer operates, to more high-level programming languages, it enables students to understand each concept while working through the text.
Key Features
• Updated coverage of LC-3 ISA, including a different set of instructions leading to a complete example of a computer program
• Addition of C++ to cover the common core of C and C++ with focus on classes in C++ as an evolution from structures in C
• Expanded coverage of topics such as floating-point data type and conversion of fractions, state, latches, flip-flops, finite, state machines, etc.
• Introduction to stacks, queues, and character strings immediately after programming in machine language to help students write programs dealing with these data structures
• Numerous reworked examples to use the latest ANSI Standard C or C18
• Additional coding examples to further emphasize topics such as pointers, arrays, recursion, and pointers to pointers in C