Название: C++ Plus Data Structures, 3rd Edition
Автор: Nell Dale
Издательство: Jones And Bartlett Publishers
Год: 2002
ISBN: 0763704814; 9780763704810
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 816
Размер: 10,4 mb
Язык: English

The term abstract data type describes a comprehensive collection of data values and operations; the term data structures refers to the study of data and how to represent data objects within a program; that is, the implementation of structured relationships. The shift in emphasis is representative of the move towards more abstraction in computer science education.

The focus of this book is on abstract data types as viewed from three different perspectives: their specification, their application, and their implementation. The specification perspective describes the logical or abstract level of data types, and is concerned with what the operations do. The application level, sometimes called the user level, is concerned with how the data type might be used to solve a problem, and is focused on why the operations do what they do. The implementation level is where the operations are actually coded. This level is concerned with the how questions.