Download or read book Icon Programming for Humanists written by Alan D. Corré and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Icon is the programming language of choice for applications in the humanities. An ideal option for those whose main interest or research areas is the written word, Icon emphasizes proper programming principles; and at the same time strikes a reasonable balance between structure and freedom. Icon Programming for Humanists teaches the principles of the Icon language in a very task-oriented fashion. This book emphasizes project that might interest the student of texts and language, and Icon features are instilled incidentally to this. To aid the learning process, actual program are exemplified and analysed to provide illustrations that readers can imitate and apply to their own projects and programs.