FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

• Main Author: Horowitz, Ellis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Rockville, MD Computer Science Press 1983
• Edition: SECOND EDITION
• Subjects: Programming languages (Electronic computers)
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: xiv, 446 pages illustration 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0881750042

This excellent new book takes a fundamentally different point of view from traditional books on programming languages. The best possible way to study and understanding today's programming is by focusing on a few essential concepts. These concepts form the outline for this book and include such topics as variables, expressions, statements, typing scope, procedures, data types, exception handling and concurrency. By understanding what these concepts are and how they are realized in different programming languages, one arrives at a level of comprehension far greater than one gets by writing some programs in a few languages. Moreover, knowledge of these concepts provides a framework for understanding future language designs. Numerous examples from Ada, Pascal, LISP and other programming languages are included. This book is a fascinating study of the complexities or programming languages.