Introduction to Computers - BASIC Version

An introductory textbook that teaches computer understanding as well as elementary programming. It is one of a series of four new books using four different programming languages, all written by the same author. This BASIC version conforms to the 1978 ANSI Standard for minimal BASIC but includes considerable discussion of the new 1987 ANSI Standard for full BASIC. In the first chapter it explains how computers work. It then steps through a series of graded illustrative programs that start with simple tasks & progress to more-&-more advanced features of the language, including loops (Chap. 2), arrays (Chap. 3), & subroutines (Chap. 4). It ends with string processing (Chap. 7) & matrix operations (Chap. 8), followed by several useful appendices. There are exercises & programming assignments at the end of most of the chapters, with answers given for selected exercises. The book benefits from the author's extensive experience as a teacher & consultant, both in the selection & sequencing of topics & in the discussion of the practical realities of software development.Huddleston, John V. is the author of 'Introduction to Computers - BASIC Version', published 1988 under ISBN 9780945261025 and ISBN 0945261020.