Creating Link Libraries. Students are free to add their own procedures to the book's link library, and they can create libraries of their own. They learn to use the toolbox approach to programming and to write code that is useful in more than one program. Chapter on Macros and Structures. 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.