COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE Soft cover Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Vintage 1978 First Edition, 1st Printing. Illustrated pale gray softcover/NF w/trace shelfwear. Principles of Good Programming w/Numerous Examples to Improve Programming Style & Proficieny. Classic text conforming to proposed 1977 definition of standard FORTRAN in technical writing by Henry F. Ledgard (1943-) & Louis J. Chmura (1921-1997). In spirit & approach inspired by William Strunk Jr's Elements of Style, volume emphasizes rigor, conciseness & clarity for programmers to write carefully constructed, readable programs, to escape entanglement in unavoidable complexities. Fine copy.