Chapter 8 is devoted to creating macros, which are important in both assembly language and high-level languages. Students learn how to use text substitution to provide extra power and flexibility. Structures are introduced in the same chapter, providing high-level organization of data. Interfacing to High-Level Languages. This is an important job skill for students who are likely to find jobs programming in high-level languages.
All program listings are available on disk and on the Web.
Instructors receive a comprehensive instructor manual with teaching strategies and solutions to programming exercises. The very need for a third edition of this book is cause for celebration, showing that the book has remained popular for quite some time. First published in 1990, it was last revised in 1993. Of course, computer hardware has changed spectacularly in the past five years. At that time, the 386 processor was king, and a 32MB hard drive was considered the norm.