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An Introduction To Programming Using Macintosh Pascal 1988

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An Introduction to Programming Using Macintosh Pascal is a 1988 textbook by Paul Pritchard of the University of Queensland, published by Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-17539-8.[1] It is written for introductory university programming courses taught in Pascal, with practical work in Macintosh Pascal or Lightspeed Pascal, and assumes no previous programming experience. The preface lists its scope as problem solving in a procedural language, a guide to the Macintosh and the Macintosh Pascal environment, ANSI Standard Pascal, Macintosh Pascal's extensions to and deviations from the standard, and the Macintosh Pascal graphics and numeric libraries.[2]

The copyright page reads "First printed in 1988. Reprinted with corrections in 1988. Third printing, 1989"; the hosted copy is the third printing.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xxiv, 572 pages.[3]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's own contents list.[4]

  • Preface, p. vii
  • Chapter 1: Algorithms and the Macintosh, p. 1
  • Chapter 2: Editing Macintosh Pascal programs, p. 19
  • Chapter 3: A preview of Pascal, p. 35
  • Chapter 4: Running Macintosh Pascal programs, p. 51
  • Chapter 5: Basic Pascal, p. 57
  • Chapter 6: Solving programming problems, p. 99
  • Chapter 7: Functions, p. 139
  • Chapter 8: Procedures, p. 153
  • Chapter 9: Programming with procedures, p. 175
  • Chapter 10: Ordinal types, p. 211
  • Chapter 11: Arrays, p. 231
  • Chapter 12: On correctness and efficiency, p. 271
  • Chapter 13: Multidimensional arrays, p. 297
  • Chapter 14: Text processing, p. 329
  • Chapter 15: Records, p. 359
  • Chapter 16: Files, p. 383
  • Chapter 17: Sets, p. 405
  • Chapter 18: Advanced use of subprograms, p. 431
  • Chapter 19: Numeric computing, p. 455
  • Chapter 20: Dynamic data structures, p. 475
  • Appendix (the goto-statement; syntax diagrams; EBNF notation; notes on Lightspeed Pascal), p. 501
  • Solutions to selected exercises, p. 523
  • Index, p. 557

What this book does not contain

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It is a programming textbook. It has no service procedures, parts lists, schematics or electrical data for the Macintosh; Apple's repair documentation is in Category:Apple Service Source.

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paul Pritchard, An Introduction to Programming Using Macintosh Pascal (Addison-Wesley, 1988), title page and copyright page.
  2. ↑ Pritchard, An Introduction to Programming Using Macintosh Pascal, Preface, p. vii onwards.
  3. ↑ Open Library, An introduction to programming using Macintosh Pascal, record OL2401636M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  4. ↑ Pritchard, An Introduction to Programming Using Macintosh Pascal, Contents.
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