46 lines
2.5 KiB
Python
Executable File
46 lines
2.5 KiB
Python
Executable File
#append this to module path so we can load from the parent directory
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import os
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import sys
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from scaffold import web
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from scaffold.loaders import load
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class page:
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name = __name__
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title = 'Review of "From Mathematics to Generic Programming"'
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tags = 'review', 'books', 'maths'
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intro = 'Short review of "From Mathematics to Generic Programming"'
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date = '2014-12-29'
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image = web.template.path_image + 'thumbs/frommathmaticstogenericprogramming.jpeg'
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def create_content(self):
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web.link.create('From Mathematics to Generic Programming', web.images.create(self.image, title='From Mathematics to Generic Programming').render(),'http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Generic-Programming-Alexander-Stepanov/dp/0321942043/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418657555&sr=8-1&keywords=from+mathematics+to+generic+programming')
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web.page.section(
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web.div.create(
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web.link.render()
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).set_classes('sources').render()
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)
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web.div.create(
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web.paragraph.create(
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"""From Mathematics to Generic Programming is part history, part mathematics and part programming with the emphasis very much on the maths side.
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I found the book quite hard to follow, mainly because I don't use mathematics often enough.
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Nevertheless, I found the idea that you can gain such versatility from a single algorithm quite interesting.""").render()
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).append(
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web.paragraph.create(
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"""It has sparked my interest enough to re-learn some of the maths I once knew.
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If your algebra and geometry knowledge is reasonable, you are likely to have no trouble with the material in this book.
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It is laid out with some exercises for the reader to attempt to help with understanding.""").render()
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).append(
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web.paragraph.create(
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"""I would like to have seen further examples relating to the use of higher level development, for example web development, if this were possible.""").render()
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).append(
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web.paragraph.create(
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"""Currently, the emphasis seems to be on low level programming which is perhaps less common, given all the rich libraries around which implement most of these functions.""").render()
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).append(
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web.paragraph.create(
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"""If your maths is reasonable and you have a good understanding of lower level programming this book will be of great interest to you.""").render()
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)
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web.page.section(web.div.render())
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