Contents of Chapter I

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| Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. ...Gustave Flaubert (1821--1880)
Section 1 | The language of routines
Section 2 | The language of data
Section 3 | The language of objects

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