Miscellanea

Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to provide a summary of what has been covered and help put some of the material into context. In particular:

• program development and software engineering;

• programming style — programs should be easy to read;

• programming style — programs should behave well;

• data structures;

• algorithms

• recursion and when not to use it;

• structured programming and the GOTO statement;

• efficiency, the space time trade off;

• simple debugging guidelines;

• numerical software sources;

‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, To talk of many things: of shoes-and ships-and sealing waxof cabbages — and kingsAnd why the sea is boiling hotAnd whether pigs have wings.’

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There.

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.