Programming Language Pragmatics

The most comprehensive programming language textbook available today, featuring an integrated treatment of language design and language implementation. Users will find this a solid resource to help them understand the most important issues driving modern software development

Michael Scott (Author)

9780124104099, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 10 December 2015

992 pages
23.5 x 19 x 5.9 cm, 1.91 kg

Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition, is the most comprehensive programming language textbook available today. It is distinguished and acclaimed for its integrated treatment of language design and implementation, with an emphasis on the fundamental tradeoffs that continue to drive software development.

The book provides readers with a solid foundation in the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of the full range of programming languages, from traditional languages like C to the latest in functional, scripting, and object-oriented programming.  This fourth edition has been heavily revised throughout, with expanded coverage of type systems and functional programming, a unified treatment of polymorphism, highlights of the newest language standards, and examples featuring the ARM and x86 64-bit architectures.

I. Foundations
1. Introduction
2. Programming Language Syntax
3. Names, Scopes, Bindings
4. Semantic Analysis
5. Target Machine Architecture

II. Core Issues in Language Design
6. Control Flow
7. Data Types
8. Composite Types
9. Subroutines and Control Abstraction
10. Data Abstraction and Object Orientation

III. Alternative Programming Models
11. Functional Languages
12. Logic Languages
13. Concurrency
14. Scripting Languages

IV. A Closer Look at Implementation
15. Building a Runnable Program
16. Run-time Program Management
17. Code Improvement

Subject Areas: Computer architecture & logic design [UYF], Software Engineering [UMZ], Programming & scripting languages: general [UMX]