Re: [BLACKBOX] Wirth's books in Russia

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:51:20 -0800

----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1667752246_-_- Content-type: text/plain Way to go, Fyodor! Fyodor Tkachov wrote: Hi All! A new and improved translation into Russian of N.Wirth's Algorithms and data structures (the Oberon version) has been issued. Improved in the sense that first the multitudinous glitches of the English version were mopped up. Second, two sections (text search and backtrack algorithms) received an overhaul -- now Dijkstra's loop is used etc. I needed this to make it a proper supplementary textbook for my course for years to come. Unfortunately, I am too far behind schedule with my main job to retrofit the improvements into the English version immediately. The book is accompanied with a CD containing BlackBox configured to compile and run all the examples from the book. Don't ask what it cost me to debug all the programs and the reasoning in the text... Again, I cannot immediately undertake the project of adapting it for the international audience (i.e. for Helmut Zinn's library). The CD also contains a configuration of BlackBox set up for use in teaching kids of ages from 11 up -- Cyrillic keywords etc.; this is done via a behind-the-scene preprocessing thanks to Oberon's approach to text handling. English keywords are still allowed :) The option to use native keywords with beginners proves tremendously useful again and again. An experimental configuration of BlackBox with Cherkess keywords based on the Russian school version: http://www.inr.ac.ru/~info21/images/kabarda.png Don't even try to read it even if you can read Russian :) A second book translated and published simultaneously is Wirth's Compiler Construction. It is accompanied with a similar CD. The two books have a similar design: http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/4803785/?partner=info21 http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/4803779/?partner=info21 A copy will be priced at about 15 USD. A third book is coming within a month or so -- a regular high-school level introduction to programming based on Component Pascal, by V.V.Potopakhin, an experience teacher from the city of Khabarovsk in the Far East. It will be accompanied by a similar CD. The announcement of Go by Google with Oberon looming so obviously behind it could not come at a better time :) Cheers Fyodor Powered by the E-mail PIM - Info Select - www.miclog.com ---- To unsubscribe, send a message with body "SIGNOFF BLACKBOX" to LISTSERV{([at]})nowhere.xy ---- To unsubscribe, send a message with body "SIGNOFF BLACKBOX" to LISTSERV{([at]})nowhere.xy ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1667752246_-_- Content-type: application/rtf Content-transfer-encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rtf-body.rtf" e1xydGYxXGFuc2lcYW5zaWNwZzEyNTJcZnJvbWh0bWwxIFxkZWZmMHtcZm9udHRibA0Ke1xmMFxm c3dpc3MgQXJpYWw7fQ0Ke1xmMVxmbW9kZXJuIENvdXJpZXIgTmV3O30NCntcZjJcZm5pbFxmY2hh cnNldDIgU3ltYm9sO30NCntcZjNcZm1vZGVyblxmY2hhcnNldDAgQ291cmllciBOZXc7fX0NCntc Y29sb3J0YmxccmVkMFxncmVlbjBcYmx1ZTA7XHJlZDBcZ3JlZW4wXGJsdWUyNTU7fQ0KXHVjMVxw YXJkXHBsYWluXGRlZnRhYjM2MCBcZjBcZnMyNCANCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMjQzIDwhRE9DVFlQRSBo dG1sIFBVQkxJQyAiLS8vVzNDLy9EVEQgSFRNTCA0LjAxIFRyYW5zaXRpb25hbC8vRU4iPn0NCntc 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