Touch of class typos - Revision history

Bmeyer: /* 19 Introduction to software engineering */

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‎19 Introduction to software engineering

Bmeyer: /* 13 Programming languages and tools */

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‎13 Programming languages and tools

Bmeyer: /* 7 Control structures */

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‎7 Control structures

Bmeyer: /* 19 Introduction to software engineering */

2009-03-16T07:49:09Z

‎19 Introduction to software engineering

Bmeyer: /* Comments on the overall text */

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‎Comments on the overall text

Bmeyer: /* 5 Just Enough Logic */

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‎5 Just Enough Logic

Bmeyer: /* 4 The interface of a class */

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‎4 The interface of a class

Bmeyer at 21:37, 13 March 2009

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 More corrections by Raphaël Meyer, 15 March 2009
 Page 720, first paragraph: (replace comma with semicolon) “standard, they” should read “standard; they”
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 Page 738, bulletpoint starting with “System Requirements”: (typo – add an “s” on “requirement”) “structuring requirements document.” Should read “structuring requirements documents.”
 === PART VI: APPENDICES===

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		+	page 323, second paragraph: (add an "s" on "tool") "what kinds of tool are available" should read "what kinds of tools are available"
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		+	page 324, paragraph starting with "Programming Languages": (wrong tense) "since its focus on" should read "since it focuses on"
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		+	page 324, next sentence: (missing the word "of") "The appendices describe the specifics four important languages" should read "The appendices describe the specifics of four important languages"
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		+	page 324, "Application" bulletpoint: (replace "for example" with "such as") "others address a specific application area, for example Web site development, business data processing or real-time." should read "others address a specific application area, such as Web site development, business data processing or real-time."
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		+	page 326, first sentence: (incorrect tense) "low level of abstraction ensuring direct" should read "low level of abstraction ensures direct"
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		+	page 326, bulletpoint on "Mathematics discourse": (need to define "them"; it is unclear what you are referring to. Please revise. Also, the sentence is missing a period at the end.) "but talks about values and relations between them"
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		+	page 327, final paragraph: ("from" should be "to") "let us move from Lisp from another language" should read "let us move from Lisp to another language"
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		+	page 327, final paragraph: (reword for conciseness and clarity) "We will consider just one example, which illustrates functional programming ideas well and is" should read "we will consider an example which not only illustrates functional programming but is also"
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		+	page 329, "scalability" bulletpoint: (I don't think the "as" is necessary) "the notion of class as present" should read "the notion of class present"
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		+	page 329, paragraph starting with "In the eyes": (unnecessary comma) "languages, provides" should read "languages provides"
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		+	page 329, next paragraph: (unnecessary comma) "language, by using" should read "language by using"
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		+	page 330, first paragraph, first sentence: (the third clause after the colon does not make sense; it should read "the place was ..., the time was ..., and the creators were ...". Please revise)
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		+	page 330, same paragraph, final sentence: (reword for clarity and to make it less casual) "Dahl was the more introverted theoretician, Nygaard perhaps more the engineer, definitely an" should read "Dahl was the more introverted theoretician and Nygaard perhaps more the engineer, an"
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		+	page 330, paragraph starting with "Simula's origins": (reword for correctness, clarity, and readability) "programs are not just a way to talk to your
		+	computer, but modeling tools" should read "programs not only allow you to talk to your computer but serve as modeling tools as well."
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		+	page 330, same paragraph: (typo; revise) "Simula 67 reflects is testimony"
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		+	page 330, same paragraph: (remove "they"; typo) "make sure they we can" should read "make sure we can"
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		+	page 331, paragraph starting with "Smalltalk": (clarify "they" since it is not the subject of the sentence) "the various protections they afford" should read "the various protections these declarations afford"
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		+	page 331, paragraph starting with "With successive versions": (incorrect tense) "allowing a whole new generation discovered" should read "allowing a whole new generation to discover"
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		+	page 331, same paragraph: (add the word "a") "when in 1986 the ACM organized aconference" should read "when in 1986 the ACM organized a conference"
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		+	page 331, paragraph starting with "In just a few": (typo) "significant playeers" should read "significant players"
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		+	page 331, final paragraph: (add a comma for clarity) "Ever since the first OOPSLA critics" should read "Ever since the first OOPSLA, critics"
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	Page 168, final paragraph starting with "... for successive values of i ...": The second sentence reads " ... used for iterating over object structures such as list." Is this correct grammar? Should it not be " ... used for iterating over object structures such as lists."?		Page 168, final paragraph starting with "... for successive values of i ...": The second sentence reads " ... used for iterating over object structures such as list." Is this correct grammar? Should it not be " ... used for iterating over object structures such as lists."?
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		+	Page 202, paragraph starting with "What is a": (change wording so that you don't use "just" twice in a row"): "but for just a moment let us just rely" should read "but for now let us just rely"
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		+	page 202, same paragraph: (shorten sentence for clarity and conciseness) "Here are some of the kinds of event that can, each in its own way, shatter the bliss of a normal program execution" should read "Here are some events that can shatter the bliss of a normal program execution"
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		+	page 203, paragraph starting with "to illustrate": (typo) "routine will fails." should read "routine will fail."
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		+	page 203, next paragraph: (typo ... "n" should be "m") "send_to_transmitter (n, i)" should read "send_to_transmitter (m, i)"
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		+	page 204, paragraph starting with "Like any other": (reorder words for clarity) "Like any other integer local variable" should read "Like any other local integer variable"
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		+	page 204, next sentence: (reword for correctness) "as a result of a call to send_to_transmitter failing" should read "as a result of a failed call to send_to_transmitter"
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		+	Page 204, same paragraph: (I don't think the comma here is necessary) "(the do clause), to try the" should read "(the do clause) to try the"
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		+	page 205, paragraph starting with "A consequence": (here there are too many instances of the word "it". consider replacing one of them with an actual noun to clarify what you are referring to.) "if it finds it in"
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		+	page 206, last paragraph: (remove the word "they" for correctness) "Their spirits, however, they reflect" should read "Their spirits, however, reflect"
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		+	page 206, last sentence: (add comma for readability) "its error-processing needs" should read "its error-processing needs,"
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		+	page 212, exercise 7E.9: (reword for clarity) "Consider a try-catch style for handling exceptions, as sketched in this chapter" should read "Consider the try-catch style for exception handling sketched in this chapter"
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 Page 738, bulletpoint starting with “System Requirements”: (typo – add an “s” on “requirement”) “structuring requirements document.” Should read “structuring requirements documents.”
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 === PART VI: APPENDICES===

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 Annie Meyer 6 March 2009:
 Page 53. Il manque une ligne noire en bas pour terminer la figure, non?
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 Page 773. Bizarre le grand blanc sous la boite.

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     no underscore after E2 and E1
   -- Eric Bezault, 8 March 2009
 More comments by Raphaël Meyer (11 March 2009)
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 Page 82, first sentence: (not crucial change but the sentence can be simplified a bit) “The equivalence operator helps in defining” should read “The equivalence operator helps to define”
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 Page 107, paragraph starting with “You are asked”: (I would change the wording order for conciseness and clarity) “to maximize the number of people who — regardless of the distribution of hat colors, about which you know nothing — are guaranteed to shout the color of their own hats” should read “to maximize the number of people who are guaranteed to shout the color of their own hats - regardless of the distribution of hat colors, about which you know nothing.”
 ===6 Creating objects and executing systems===

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   page 57, section 4.4 QUERIES, "How long is this line?".
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     mentioned "routine's precondition".
   -- Eric Bezault, 7 March 2009
 === 5 Just Enough Logic ===

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 -- BM
 ===Preface etc.===

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 ==NO MORE CORRECTIONS PLEASE==
-I have finished the writing and am doing my last pass of proofreading, so please refrain from sending me corrections as this would delay the process. Only exceptions: if you see something really important, or on the last stuff that I wrote (sections 7.10 and 12.1). In addition, the index may be worth a check.
+I have finished the writing and am doing my last pass of proofreading, so please refrain from sending me corrections (after Saturday morning, March 14, 9 AM Zurich time) as this would delay the process. Only exceptions: if you see something really important, or on the last stuff that I wrote (sections 7.10 and 12.1). In addition, the index may be worth a check.
 Many thanks to all who spent considerable time proofreading. I am extremely grateful.

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+==NO MORE CORRECTIONS PLEASE==
 I have finished the writing and am doing my last pass of proofreading, so please refrain from sending me corrections as this would delay the process. Only exceptions: if you see something really important, or on the last stuff that I wrote (sections 7.10 and 12.1). In addition, the index may be worth a check.