Programming Language Pragmatics

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Morgan Kaufmann, Mar 23, 2009 - Computers - 944 pages

Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition, is the most comprehensive programming language book available today. Taking the perspective that language design and implementation are tightly interconnected and that neither can be fully understood in isolation, this critically acclaimed and bestselling book has been thoroughly updated to cover the most recent developments in programming language design, inclouding Java 6 and 7, C++0X, C# 3.0, F#, Fortran 2003 and 2008, Ada 2005, and Scheme R6RS.

A new chapter on run-time program management covers virtual machines, managed code, just-in-time and dynamic compilation, reflection, binary translation and rewriting, mobile code, sandboxing, and debugging and program analysis tools. Over 800 numbered examples are provided to help the reader quickly cross-reference and access content.

This text is designed for undergraduate Computer Science students, programmers, and systems and software engineers.

  • Classic programming foundations text now updated to familiarize students with the languages they are most likely to encounter in the workforce, including including Java 7, C++, C# 3.0, F#, Fortran 2008, Ada 2005, Scheme R6RS, and Perl 6.
  • New and expanded coverage of concurrency and run-time systems ensures students and professionals understand the most important advances driving software today.
  • Includes over 800 numbered examples to help the reader quickly cross-reference and access content.
 

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Contents

Foundations
3
Core Issues in Language Design
217
Alternative Programming Models
503
A Closer Look at Implementation
727
Programming Languages Mentioned
819
Language Design and Language Implementation
831
Numbered Examples
835
Bibliography
849
Index
867
Copyright

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Programming Language Pragmatics
Michael Lee Scott
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Common terms and phrases

abstraction Algol Algol 60 algorithm allocated allow arguments array assembly language assignment attribute grammar base class binding block built-in byte Chapter checks code improvement Common Lisp compiler computing concurrent consider constructor context context-free grammar coroutine create declaration define DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION dynamic scoping element error evaluation EXAMPLE execution expr Figure Fortran functional programming goto handler header input instructions integer interpreter iteration Java lambda language design lazy evaluation loop machine mechanism memory method Modula-3 module nested node notation object object-oriented operations parameters parse tree parser Pascal perform Perl pointer processor programming languages Prolog Python queue recursive reference regular expressions routines Ruby run-time scanner Scheme scripting languages Section semantic Smalltalk specify stack statement static stmt stmtlist string structure subroutine symbol synchronization syntax tree thread token variables write

About the author (2009)

Michael L. Scott is a professor and past Chair of the Computer Science Department at the University of Rochester. He is best known for work on synchronization and concurrent data structures: algorithms from his group appear in a wide variety of commercial and open-source systems. A Fellow of the ACM and the IEEE, he shared the 2006 Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing. In 2001 he received the University's Robert and Pamela Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching.

Bibliographic information

TitleProgramming Language Pragmatics
AuthorMichael Scott
Edition3
PublisherMorgan Kaufmann, 2009
ISBN0080922996, 9780080922997
Length944 pages
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Computers / Languages / General
Computers / Programming / General
  
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