This talk is an introduction to the book Elements of Programming published by Addison Wesley in 2009. The book presents practical programming as a mathematical discipline, where every programming construct has its place.
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About the speaker:
Alexander Stepanov (Александр Александрович Степанов) studied mathematics at Moscow State University from 1967 to 1972. He has been programming since 1972, first in the Soviet Union and then, after emigrating in 1977, in the United States. He has programmed operating systems, programming tools, compilers, and libraries. His work on the foundations of programming has been supported by General Electric, Polytechnic Institute of New York, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, and Adobe Systems. He is currently employed by A9.com, Inc. In 1995, he received the Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award for the design of the C++ Standard Template Library.
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Alexander Stepanov
A9.com, Inc
130 Lytton Ave.
Suite 300
650.331.2707
stepanov@a9.com
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