Programming Languages An Active Learning Approach /

• Main Author: Lee, Kent (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer logic.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer Science.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation.

Programming Languages: An Active Learning Approach introduces students to three programming paradigms: object-oriented/imperative languages using C++ and Ruby, functional languages using Standard ML, and logic programming using Prolog. This interactive textbook is intended to be used in and outside...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Specifying Syntax
• Object-Oriented Programming with C++
• Object-Oriented Programming with Ruby
• Functional Programming in Standard ML
• Language Implementation in Standard ML
• Logic Programming
• Formal Semantics
• Appendix A: The C++ Scanner Class Implementation
• Appendix B: The Ruby Scanner Class Implementation
• Appendix C: Standard ML Basis Library
• Appendix D: SML Calculator Compiler
• Appendix E: The Factorial Program's Code
• Appendix F: Small Action Semantic Description.