Context
In this closing section, we place your newly acquired knowledge of programming in a broader context by briefly describing some of the basic elements of the world of computation that you are likely to encounter. It is our hope that this information will whet your appetite to use your knowledge of programming as a platform for learning more about the role of computation in the world around you.
You now know how to program. Just as learning to drive an SUV is not difficult when you know how to drive a car, so learning to program in a different language will not be difficult for you. Many scientists regularly use several different languages, for different purposes. The built-in data types, conditionals, loops, and functional abstraction of ...
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