Concepts Of Programming Languages
Concepts Of Programming Languages
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ISBN: 9780134997186
Author: Sebesta, Robert W.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Importance of readability to writability:

Both readability and writability greatly affects reliability of a program.

  • A language which uses non-natural keyword or statements to write algorithms is more likely to be error prone.
  • These unnatural approaches may not be correct in all situations. The easier a program is to write, it is more likely to be correct.
  • Readability affects writability in both development and maintenance phases of the software cycle.

Currently in industry, about 10% work is about coding and rest 90% of the work is about maintaining the already existing codes...

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