Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms

• Main Authors: Gabbrielli, Maurizio. (Author), Martini, Simone. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2010.
• Series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer Science.; Computer Science, general.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-914-5

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
• Bibliography
• References
• Index.