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STRUCTURED
PROGRAMMING
. Studies in Data Processing
General Editor: C. A. R. Hoare
1. mercial Autocodes. parative Study
E. L. WiUey, A. d'Agapeyeff, Marion Tribe, B. J. Gibbens and
Michelle Clarke.
2. A Primer of ALGOL 60 Programming
E. W. Dijkstra
3. Input Language for Automatic Programming
A. P. Yershov, G. I. Kozhukhin and U. Voloshin
4. Introduction to System Programming
Edited by Peter Wegner
5. ALGOL 60 Implementation. The translation and use of Algol 60
Programs on puter
B. RandeU and L. J. Russell
6. Dictionary puter Languages
Hans Breuer
7. The Alpha Automatic Programming System
Edited by A. P. Yershov
8. Structured Programming
O.-J. Dahl, E. W. Dijkstra and C. A. R. Hoare
In preparation
Operating Systems Techniques
Edited by C. A. R. Hoare and R. H. Perrott
. Studies in Data Processing
No. 8
STRUCTURED
PROGRAMMING
O.-J. DAHL
Universitet i Oslo,
Matematisk Institut,
Blindern, Oslo, Norway
E. W. DIJKSTRA
Department of Mathematics,
Technological University,
Eindhoven, herlands
C. A. R. HOARE
Department puter Science,
The Queen's University of Belfast,
Belfast, Northern Ireland
1972
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PREFACE
In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the art puter
programming, the conceptual tools available fo