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Songs From Far Away

Songs From Far Away

Review

Touches of Mazzy Star and Elastica, traces of Joy Division, but very melodic, up-beat melodies that stay with you. –Michael Mollura, Music Connection

‘Anagram’ is Jessica Congdon and Eric Holland. And ‘Songs from Far Away’ is their latest collaboration; a refreshing, ephemeral electro slash indie pop record, perfectly suited to today’s musical tastes and current thirst for what lies in the haze between electronic and rock. At a time where acts like ‘Frou Frou’, ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’s’ and ‘Radiohead’ are capturing the interests of the greater public, Anagram are positioning themselves perfectly to capitalise on this trend. Partner this with the success they have enjoyed on recent film soundtracks and you have an act that is sure to attract some attention, if they haven’t already. Anagram draws from influences that extend beyond their place of birth and this is one of the most evident features of their music. Their sound is tra (more…)

Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition (Paperback)

Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition

Amazon.com Review

As a textbook suitable for the classroom or self-study, Michael Scott’s Programming Language Pragmatics provides a worthy tour of the theory and practice of how programming languages are run on today’s computers. Clearly organized and filled with a wide-ranging perspective on over 40 different languages, this book will be appreciated for its depth and breadth of coverage on an essential topic in computer science. With references to dozens of programming languages, from Ada to Turing and everything in between (including C, C++, Java, and Perl), this book is a truly in-depth guide to how code is compiled (or interpreted) and executed on computer hardware. Early chapters tend to be slightly more theoretical (with coverage of regular expressions and context-free grammars) and will be most valuable to the computer science student, but much of this book is accessible to anyone seeking to widen their knowledge (especially since recent standards surrounding XM (more…)