... before sinking into the whirlpool. In short, while
observing and reflecting, he began to build up an elementary ‘theory’ relat-
ing tothe movement of objects inthe whirlpool. He came tothe conclusion
that ... performance-enhancing substances within the sporting context
is, then, a very longstanding phenomenon. Attention is drawn to this fact
not simply – inthe way in which many authors seem routinely to ... sport – notwithstanding the increasing importance
which has come to be attached to winning, and which will be examined in
Chapter 5 – do continue to express a rea l commitment tothe value of...
... put in one drawer, the value in another,
and so on. What is put inthe drawer holding the value can be changed
without affecting the contents of the drawer holding the function definition,
and ... looks to see
whether there is a quote before the list; if there is, the interpreter just gives
us the list. On the other hand, if there is no quote, the interpreter looks at
the first element inthe ... ‘red’
so they will appear inthe final string. The function number -to- string
converts the integer that the addition function returns to a string. number-
to- string is also known as int -to- string.)
1.8.3...
... and the h at the same time, and then press and release
t.)
Also, I often refer to one of Emacs’ standard commands by listing the
keys which you press to invoke the command and then giving the ... is to imagine a symbol as being a chest of
drawers. The function definition is put in one drawer, the value in another,
and so on. What is put inthe drawer holding the value can be changed
without ... returns the value 8.
Since there are no more enclosing expressions to evaluate, the interpreter
prints that value inthe echo area.
Now it is easy to understand the name of the command invoked by the
keystrokes...
... the code within the body of the special form
is evaluated by the Lisp interpreter. Thus, if point were inthe beginning
of a piece of text and some code moved point tothe end of the buffer, the
save-excursion ... the
cursor to jump tothe mark and set the mark to be the previous position
of point. In addition, if you set another mark, the position of the previous
mark is saved inthe mark ring. Many mark ... 3 variables with nil, nil, and some value."
In this example, Emacs binds the symbol birch tothe number 3, binds the
symbols pine and fir to nil, and binds the symbol oak tothe value some.
Note...
... structure in which to display it.
Manipulation issues include the following:
Transforming data from XML into another format
You might need to transform datain one XML grammar into another if the ... Move the slider further to
the right to see how Northwind Traders customers interact withthe Web
applications and also interact directly with Northwind Traders. Explain that the
Web applications ... business over the Internet.
The animation begins with a brief display of the entire process. Click the
ZOOM IN button inthe lower right corner of the display. The animation then
zooms in...
... dishes can be
ordered in 6 ways: the first side dish can be any of 3, the second side dish
can be any of the remaining 2, and the third side dish must be the remaining
1 (3 ì2 ì 1 = 6). The math ... one of these rings on your left hand and
another on your right hand. How many ways can this be done?
First, suppose that you wear the diamond ring on your left hand. Then
there are three rings ... letter tothe restaurant, arguing
that the restaurant has overcounted by a factor of 6 and that the correct
count is 2730 ữ6 = 455. The restaurant cheerfully agrees and donates $1000
to the high...
... partition the binary number into groups of
four digits each starting from the binary point and proceeding tothe left for the integer part
and tothe right of the binary point for the fractional part. ... the binary number into groups of three
digits each starting from the binary point and proceeding tothe left for the integer part and to
the right of the binary point for the fractional part. ... discussion of the different types of flip flops, and continues withtheanalysis and design of binary
counters, registers, ring counters, and ring oscillators. Chapter is anintroductionto computer
memory...
... performance structure
with properties of independent mathematical interest. e dynamic element
brought to combinatorial problems by theanalysis of algorithms leads to chal-
lenging, interesting mathematical ... viewed as the rst step inan ongoing process of
developing a more rened, more accurate analysis; we prefer to use the term
analysis of algorithms to refer tothe whole process, withthe goal ... a constant factor, as they are all integer mul-
tiples of the cost of a basic instruction cycle. Furthermore, the total running
time of the program will be within a constant factor of the number...
... related tothe Internet and Web browsers in Section 0.4.
4 Chapter 0 Introductionto Computers and Programming Languages
network
LAN
WAN
internet
If you want to learn more about the history of ... by the CPU,
we use an
assembler to translate programs written in assembly language into
machine-language equivalents. Compared to writing programs in machine lan-
guage, writing programs in ... assigning and changing these data values. We will use the nota-
tion shown in Figure 1.1 throughout the book to represent an object. The notation
we used inthe book is based on the industry standard...
... apply the local inversion theorem first tothe restriction of
Θ to B, thus producing a “first” neighborhood V
of x
0
contained in B,thento
the restriction of the inverse mapping obtained in this ... Riemannian metric on a manifold
is a twice covariant, symmetric, positive-definite tensor field acting on vectors
in the tangent spaces tothe manifold (these tangent spaces coincide with R
3
in
the ... in Theorem 1.5-1 coincide with
the Christoffel symbols introduced inthe previous section; this explains why
they are denoted by the same symbol). Note that, according tothe rule gov-
erning...