Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms

by Maurizio Gabbrielli, Simone Martini

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848829138
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	04/15/2010
Series:	Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dr. Maurizio Gabbrielli and Dr. Simone Martini are both Professors at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Bologna, Italy.

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.

Editorial Reviews

The target audience is students and professionals who already know a language or two and would like to deepen their knowledge of the mechanisms behind this language and/or smoothen their transition to new languages. … The outstanding feature of this text is that it attempts to address a wide audience.” (Wolfgang Schreiner, Computing Reviews, August 28, 2024)

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