Programming Languages and Operational Semantics A Concise Overview /

• Main Author: Fernández, Maribel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computer programming.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computers.; Computer logic.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Programming Techniques.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Theory of Computation.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.

Providing a concise introduction to the essential concepts in programming languages, using techniques from operational semantics, this book highlights three major programming paradigms: • Imperative languages: the main features of these languages are     illustrated with examples in Java, Python, C;...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Mathematical Background
• General Features of Imperative Languages
• Operational Semantics of Imperative Languages
• General Features of Functional Languages
• Operational Semantics of Functional Languages
• General Features of Logic Programming Languages
• Operational Semantics of Prolog
• Answers to Selected Exercises.