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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780805354300
ISBN: 0805354301
Label: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.,Subs. of Addison Wesley Longman,US
Manufacturer: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.,Subs. of Addison Wesley Longman,US
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 426
Publication Date: 1985-10
Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.,Subs. of Addison Wesley Longman,US
Sales Rank: 3043436
Studio: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.,Subs. of Addison Wesley Longman,US
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Rating: - why BASIC ?
Sections of this book are thoroughly obsolete, where they refer to BASIC code. Remember that the text came out in 1985. Yet even then, the choice of BASIC to illustrate such matters as solving Laplace's equation in 2 dimensions was questionable. For computational problems, Fortran was then the main language. While C and Pascal could also have been used.
But perhaps Koonin was writing for a physics student completely unacquainted with any programming. In this case, BASIC as befits its ... Read More
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EAN: 9780805354300
ISBN: 0805354301
Label: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.,Subs. of Addison Wesley Longman,US
Manufacturer: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.,Subs. of Addison Wesley Longman,US
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 426
Publication Date: 1985-10
Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.,Subs. of Addison Wesley Longman,US
Sales Rank: 3043436
Studio: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co.,Subs. of Addison Wesley Longman,US