Writing Fast Programs: A Practical Guide for Scientists and Engineers - Softcover

Riley, John S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904602401 ISBN 13: 9781904602408

Publisher: Cambridge International Science Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Writing Fast Programs" provides the basic elements of code optimization and provides strategies for reducing bottlenecks in practical simulation and numerical modeling code. The target audience is scientists and engineers and students in these fields. One pre-publication reviewer called this a much-needed intermediate text to bridge the gap between existing introductory and more advance programming books aimed at scientists. "Writing Fast Programs" does not teach basic programming; some programming proficiency is assumed, along with familiarity with the basic programming terminology. Code examples are presented in C, but BASIC (as a convenient pseudo-language) examples are provided for those not familiar with C. In general, the strategies presented are not language specific and should therefore benefit a wide programming audience. For example, similar techniques have been discussed for Java.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge International Science Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904602401
• ISBN 13: 9781904602408
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360