Concepts in Programming Languages
1st Edition
Published on 28. January 2005
978-0-511-03492-3 (ISBN)
Description
For undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this textbook explains and examines the central concepts used in modern programming languages, such as functions, types, memory management, and control. The book is unique in its comprehensive presentation and comparison of major object-oriented programming languages. Separate chapters examine the history of objects, Simula and Smalltalk, and the prominent languages C++ and Java. The author presents foundational topics, such as lambda calculus and denotational semantics, in an easy-to-read, informal style, focusing on the main insights provided by these theories. Advanced topics include concurrency, concurrent object-oriented programming, program components, and inter-language interoperability. A chapter on logic programming illustrates the importance of specialized programming methods for certain kinds of problems. This book will give the reader a better understanding of the issues and tradeoffs that arise in programming language design, and a better appreciation of the advantages and pitfalls of the programming languages they use.
Reviews / Votes
'... an extremely rich source of important information, subtle issues, and diverse and challenging exercises ... the book is interesting, challenging and a pleasure to read.' JFPMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 14 Tables, unspecified; 8 Halftones, unspecified; 54 Line drawings, unspecified
File size
3,75 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-511-03492-3 (9780511034923)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
John C. Mitchell
Concepts in Programming Languages
Book
10/2002
Cambridge University Press
€117.60
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Content
Part I. Functions and Foundations: 1. Introduction; 2. Computability; 3. Lisp: functions, recursion and lists; 4. Fundamentals; Part II. Procedures, Types, Memory Management and Control: 5. The Algol family and ML; 6. Type systems and type inference; 7. Scope, functions and storage management; 8. Control in sequential languages; Part III. Modularity, Abstraction and Object-Oriented Programming: 9. Data abstraction and modularity; 10. Concepts in object-oriented languages; 11. History of objects: simula and smalltalk; 12. Objects and run-time efficiency: C++; 13. Portability and safety: Java; Part IV. Concurrency and Logic Programming: 14. Concurrent and distributed programming; 15. The logic programming paradigm and prolog by Krzysztof Apt; Appendix: additional programming examples; Glossary.
