Programming languages: principles and paradigms/
Programming languages: principles and paradigms/ by Maurizio Gabbrielli, Simone Martini. - London : Springer London, 2010. - xix, 440 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science, 1863-7310 . - Undergraduate topics in computer science .
Abstract Machines -- How to Describe a Programming Language -- Foundations -- Names and the Environment -- Memory Management -- Control Structure -- Control Abstraction -- Structuring Data -- Data Abstraction -- The Object-Oriented Paradigm -- The Functional Paradigm -- The Logic Programming Paradigm -- A Short Historical Perspective -- Bibliography -- References -- Index.
.This excellent addition to the UTiCS series of undergraduate textbooks provides a detailed and up to date description of the main principles behind the design and implementation of modern programming languages.
Rather than focusing on a specific language, the book identifies the most important principles shared by large classes of languages. To complete this general approach, detailed descriptions of the main programming paradigms, namely imperative, object-oriented, functional and logic are given, analysed in depth and compared. This provides the basis for a critical understanding of most of the programming languages.
An historical viewpoint is also included, discussing the evolution of programming languages, and to provide a context for most of the constructs in use today. The book concludes with two chapters which introduce basic notions of syntax, semantics and computability, to provide a completely rounded picture of what constitutes a programming language.
9781848829138 9781848829145 (ebk)
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Computer science.
Computer Science.
Computer Science, general.
Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.
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