目次

What the software engineer can do for the computer user.- The design and construction of software systems.- Hierarchies.- Language characteristics programming languages as a tool in writing system software.- Low level languages summary of a discussion session.- Relationship between definition and implementation of a language.- Concurrency in software systems.- Modularity.- Portability and adaptabilty.- Debugging and testing.- Reliability.- Project Management.- Documentation.- Performance prediction.- Performance measurement.- Pricing mechanisms.- Evaluation in the computing center environment.