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Programming is communication. In attempting to teach a programming language we are trying to provide the learner with a means of communication, a means of expressing himself. At first sight it will appear that the communication will be one way, between the program writer and the machine on which his program is processed. This view is too simplistic, for the communication occurs on a number of different levels.
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© 1988 R. E. Berry, B. A. E. Meekings and M. D. Soren
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Berry, R.E., Meekings, B.A.E., Soren, M.D. (1988). Introduction. In: A Book on C. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10233-4_1
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