By Robert W. Sebesta
Now in the Eighth Edition, Concepts of Programming Languages introduces students to the main constructs of contemporary programming languages and provides the tools necessary to critically evaluate existing and future programming languages. By presenting design issues for various language constructs, examining the design choices for these constructs in some of the most common languages, and critically comparing the design alternatives, this book gives readers a solid foundation for understanding the fundamental concepts of programming languages. In addition, Sebesta strives to prepare the reader for the study of compiler design by providing an in-depth discussion of programming language structures, presenting a formal method of describing syntax, and introducing approaches to lexical and syntactic analysis.
Historical boxes and interviews with James Gosling, Larry Wall, Alan Cooper, Bjarne Stroustrup, and others set the material into context.
Valuable historical foundations are presented in Chapter 2, outlining the origins, purposes, and contributions of the most important languages discussed in the rest of the text.
In-depth discussions of the design issues for the primary constructs of the imperative languages are presented in Chapters 5-14. Design choices for several example languages are presented and evaluated, including variables (Chapter 5), data types (Chapter 6), expressions and assignment statements (Chapter 7), control statements (Chapter 8), subprograms (Chapters 9 and 10), data abstraction facilities (Chapter 11), object-oriented programming (Chapter 12), concurrent program units (Chapter 13), and exception and event handling (Chapter 14).
Two alternative programming paradigms concludes coverage, functional programming in Chapter 15 and logical programming in Chapter 16.
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