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Concepts of Programming Languages

by: Sebesta, Robert W.

Concepts of Programming Languages

by: Sebesta, Robert W.

ISBN 13:
9780321330253
ISBN 10:
0321330250
Edition: 7th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Summary

Concepts of Programming Languages describes the fundamental concepts of programming languages by presenting design issues, examining design choices, and critically comparing design alternatives without being language specific. This book is appropriate for anyone who wants to compare and contrast various programming languages.

Preliminaries

(38)

Reasons for Studying Concepts of Programming Languages

(3)

Programming Domains

(2)

Language Evaluation Criteria

(13)

Influences on Language Design

(3)

Language Categories

(1)

Language Design Trade-offs

(1)

Implementation Methods

(8)

Programming Environments

(6)

Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set

(5)

Evolution of the Major Programming Languages

(84)

Zuse's Plankalkul

(3)

Minimal Hardware Programming: Pseudocodes

(2)

The IBM 704 and Fortran

(7)

Functional Programming: LISP

(5)

The First Step Toward Sophistication: ALGOL 60

(6)

Computerizing Business Records: COBOL

(5)

The Beginnings of Timesharing: Basic

(6)

Interview: Alan Cooper---User Design and Language Design

(2)

Everything for Everybody: PL/I

(4)

Two Early Dynamic Languages: APL and SNOBOL

(1)

The Beginnings of Data Abstraction: Simula 67

(1)

Orthogonal Design: ALGOL 68

(2)

Some Early Descendants of the ALGOLS

(8)

Programming Based on Logic: Prolog

(2)

History's Largest Design Effort: Ada

(5)

Object-Oriented Programming: Smalltalk

(4)

Combining Imperative and Object-Oriented Features: C++

101

(3)

An Imperative-Based Object-Oriented Language: Java

104

(4)

Scripting Languages: JavaScript, PHP, and Python

108

(4)

A C-Based Language for the New Millennium: C#

112

(3)

Markup/Programming Hybrid Languages

115

(8)

Summary • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem Set

117

(6)

Describing Syntax and Semantics

123

(52)

Introduction

124

(1)

The General Problem of Describing Syntax

125

(2)

Formal Methods of Describing Syntax

127

(14)

Attribute Grammars

141

(7)

History Note

142

(6)

Describing the Meanings of Programs: Dynamic Semantics

148

(27)

History Note

164

(5)

Summary • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

169

(6)

Lexical and Syntax Analysis

175

(30)

Introduction

176

(1)

Lexical Analysis

177

(4)

The Parsing Problem

181

(4)

Recursive-Descent Parsing

185

(8)

Bottom-Up Parsing

193

(12)

Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

200

(5)

Names, Bindings, Type Checking, and Scopes

205

(46)

Introduction

206

(1)

Names

207

(2)

History Note

207

(1)

History Note

208

(1)

Variables

209

(3)

History Note

210

(2)

The Concept of Binding

212

(10)

Interview: Rasmus Lerdorf---Scripting Languages and Other Examples of Slick Solutions

216

(6)

Type Checking

222

(1)

Strong Typing

223

(2)

Type Compatibility

225

(3)

History Note

225

(3)

Scope

228

(9)

Scope and Lifetime

237

(1)

Referencing Environments

237

(2)

Named Constants

239

(12)

Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

242

(9)

Data Types

251

(60)

Introduction

252

(1)

Primitive Data Types

253

(3)

Character String Types

256

(5)

History Note

258

(3)

User-Defined Ordinal Types

261

(5)

Array Types

266

(13)

History Note

267

(2)

History Note

269

(10)

Associative Arrays

279

(5)

Interview: Rasmus Lerdorf---The Open Source Movement and Work Life

280

(4)

Record Types

284

(4)

Union Types

288

(4)

Pointer and Reference Types

292

(19)

History Note

296

(9)

Summary • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

305

(6)

Expressions and Assignment Statements

311

(30)

Introduction

312

(1)

Arithmetic Expressions

313

(8)

History Note

320

(1)

Overloaded Operators

321

(2)

Type Conversions

323

(3)

History Note

324

(2)

Relational and Boolean Expressions

326

(3)

History Note

326

(3)

Short-Circuit Evaluation

329

(1)

Assignment Statements

330

(4)

History Note

333

(1)

Mixed-mode Assignment

334

(7)

Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

335

(6)

Statement-Level Control Structures

341

(36)

Introduction

342

(1)

Selection Statements

343

(9)

History Note

344

(2)

History Note

346

(6)

Iterative Statements

352

(14)

History Note

354

(8)

Interview: Larry Wall---Part 1: Linguistics and the Birth of Perl

362

(4)

Unconditional Branching

366

(1)

History Note

366

(1)

Guarded Commands

367

(4)

Conclusions

371

(6)

Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

372

(5)

Subprograms

377

(50)

Introduction

378

(1)

Fundamentals of Subprograms

378

(7)

Design Issues for Subprograms

385

(1)

Local Referencing Environments

385

(2)

Parameter-Passing Methods

387

(21)

Interview: Larry Wall---Part 2: Scripting Languages in General and Perl in Particular

388

(8)

History Note

396

(1)

History Note

397

(4)

History Note

401

(7)

Parameters That Are Subprogram Names

408

(2)

History Note

409

(1)

Overloaded Subprograms

410

(1)

Generic Subprograms

411

(6)

Design Issues for Functions

417

(1)

User-Defined Overloaded Operators

418

(1)

Coroutines

419

(8)

History Note

419

(2)

Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

421

(6)

Implementing Subprograms

427

(32)

The General Semantics of Calls and Returns

428

(1)

Implementing ``Simple'' Subprograms

429

(2)

Implementing Subprograms with Stack-Dynamic Local Variables

431

(8)

Nested Subprograms

439

(8)

Interview: Niklaus Wirth---Keeping It Simple

440

(7)

Blocks

447

(2)

Implementing Dynamic Scoping

449

(10)

Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set

453

(6)

Abstract Data Types and Encapsulation Constructs

459

(34)

The Concept of Abstraction

460

(1)

Introduction to Data Abstraction

461

(2)

Design Issues for Abstract Data Types

463

(1)

Language Examples

464

(14)

Interview: Bjarne Stroustrup---C++: Its Birth, Its Ubiquitousness, and Common Criticisms

466

(12)

Parameterized Abstract Data Types

478

(3)

Encapsulation Constructs

481

(3)

Naming Encapsulations

484

(9)

Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

488

(5)

Support for Object-Oriented Programming

493

(42)

Introduction

494

(1)

Object-Oriented Programming

494

(3)

Design Issues for Object-Oriented Languages

497

(5)

Support for Object-Oriented Programming in Smalltalk

502

(2)

Support for Object-Oriented Programming in C++

504

(10)

Interview: Bjarne Stroustrup---On Paradigms and Better Programming

506

(8)

Support for Object-Oriented Programming in Java

514

(3)

Support for Object-Oriented Programming in C#

517

(2)

Support for Object-Oriented Programming in Ada 95

519

(5)

The Object Model of JavaScript

524

(3)

Implementation of Object-Oriented Constructs

527

(8)

Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

530

(5)

Concurrency

535

(44)

Introduction

536

(3)

Introduction to Subprogram-Level Concurrency

539

(4)

Semaphores

543

(5)

History Note

543

(5)

Monitors

548

(2)

Message Passing

550

(1)

Ada Support for Concurrency

551

(11)

Java Threads

562

(8)

C# Threads

570

(2)

Statement-Level Concurrency

572

(7)

Summary • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

574

(5)

Exception Handling and Event Handling

579

(40)

Introduction to Exception Handling

580

(6)

History Note

584

(2)

Exception Handling in Ada

586

(7)

Exception Handling in C++

593

(4)

Exception Handling in Java

597

(10)

Interview: James Gosling---The Birth of Java

600

(7)

Introduction to Event Handling

607

(1)

Event Handling with Java

608

(11)

Summary • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem Set

614

(5)

Functional Programming Languages

619

(40)

Introduction

620

(1)

Mathematical Functions

621

(2)

Fundamentals of Functional Programming Languages

623

(1)

The First Functional Programming Language: LISP

624

(4)

An Introduction to Scheme

628

(17)

Common Lisp

645

(1)

645

(4)

Haskell

649

(4)

Applications of Functional Languages

653

(1)

A Comparison of Functional and Imperative Languages

653

(6)

Summary • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

654

(5)

Logic Programming Languages

659

(36)

Introduction

660

(1)

A Brief Introduction to Predicate Calculus

660

(4)

Predicate Calculus and Proving Theorems

664

(2)

An Overview of Logic Programming

666

(2)

The Origins of Prolog

668

(1)

The Basic Elements of Prolog

669

(15)

The Deficiencies of Prolog

684

(5)

Applications of Logic Programming

689

(6)

Summary • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming Exercises

691

(4)

Bibliography

695

(10)

Index

705

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0321330250

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