Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages (Paperback, 2011 ed.)

The design and implementation of programming languages, from Fortran and Cobol to Caml and Java, has been one of the key developments in the management of ever more complex computerized systems. Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages gives the reader the means to discover the tools to think, design, and implement these languages. It proposes a unified vision of the different formalisms that permit definition of a programming language: small steps operational semantics, big steps operational semantics, and denotational semantics, emphasising that all seek to define a relation between three objects: a program, an input value, and an output value. These formalisms are illustrated by presenting the semantics of some typical features of programming languages: functions, recursivity, assignments, records, objects, ... showing that the study of programming languages does not consist of studying languages one after another, but is organized around the features that are present in these various languages. The study of these features leads to the development of evaluators, interpreters and compilers, and also type inference algorithms, for small languages.

General

Imprint:	Springer London
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2011
Authors:	Gilles Dowek • Jean- Jacques Levy
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	96
Edition:	2011 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-85729-075-5
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > Programming languages > General Promotions
LSN:	0-85729-075-4
Barcode:	9780857290755

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