Computer Science Logo Style volume 1: Symbolic Computing 2/e Copyright (C) 1997 MIT

Computer Science Logo Style
Volume 1: Symbolic Computing

Brian Harvey
University of California, Berkeley

Volume 2: Advanced Techniques
Volume 3: Beyond Programming
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Preface

(frontmatter in PDF) (HTML)

Acknowledgements

(HTML)

1. Exploration

(PDF) (HTML)

2. Procedures

(PDF) (HTML)

3. Variables

(PDF) (HTML)

4. Predicates

(PDF) (HTML)

5. Functions of Functions

(PDF) (HTML)

6. Example: Tic-Tac-Toe

(PDF) (HTML)

This program plays the game of Tic Tac Toe against the user. It follows a perfect strategy, so it always wins or ties.

7. Introduction to Recursion

(PDF) (HTML)

8. Practical Recursion: the Leap of Faith

(PDF) (HTML)

9. How Recursion Works

(PDF) (HTML)

10. Turtle Geometry

(PDF) (HTML)

11. Recursive Operations

(PDF) (HTML)

12. Example: Playfair Cipher

(PDF) (HTML)

This project demonstrates the use of a slightly complex cipher, in which a given letter in the original text is not always represented by the same letter in the coded version.

13. Planning

(PDF) (HTML)

14. Example: Pitcher Problem Solver

(PDF) (HTML)

This program solves the category of problems in which you are given pitchers of certain sizes and asked to use them to measure a specified amount of water from a river.

15. Debugging

(PDF) (HTML)

Appendices

(backmatter in PDF)

A. Running Berkeley Logo

(HTML)

B. GNU General Public License

(HTML)

Index of Defined Procedures

(HTML)

General Index

(HTML)

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