Concepts in Programming Languages

John C. Mitchell

538 pages, parution le 21/11/2002

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Résumé

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.

Contents

Pt. 1 Functions and Foundations
1 Introduction
2 Computability
3 Lisp: Functions, Recursion, and Lists
4 Fundamentals
Pt. 2 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
Pt. 3 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
Pt. 4 Concurrency and Logic Programming
14 Concurrent and Distributed Programming
15 The Logic Programming Paradigm and Prolog
App. A Additional Program Examples
Glossary

L'auteur - John C. Mitchell

Professor of computer science at Stansford University

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	John C. Mitchell
Parution	21/11/2002
Nb. de pages	538
Format	18 X 26
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1125g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521780988
ISBN13	978-0-521-78098-8