Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms

• Main Authors: Gabbrielli, Maurizio (Author), Martini, Simone (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2010.
• Series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Computer Science, general.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.

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 princ...

Table of Contents:

• 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.