Algol-like Languages (Progress in Theoretical Computer Science Volume 1)

O*Hearn, Peter, Tennent, Robert

ISBN 10: 0817638806 / ISBN 13: 9780817638801

Published by Birkhäuser, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Algol-like Languages (Progress in Theoretical Computer Science Volume 1)
• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0817638806
• ISBN 13: 9780817638801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

In recent years there has been a remarkable convergence of interest in programming languages based on ALGOL 60. Researchers interested in the theory of procedural and object-oriented languages discovered that ALGOL 60 shows how to add procedures and object classes to simple imperative languages in a general and clean way. And, on the other hand, researchers interested in purely functional languages discovered that ALGOL 60 shows how to add imperative mechanisms to functional languages in a way that does not compromise their desirable properties. Unfortunately, many of the key works in this field have been rather hard to obtain. The primary purpose of this collection is to make the most significant material on ALGoL-like languages conveniently available to graduate students and researchers. Contents Introduction to Volume 1 1 Part I Historical Background 1 Part n Basic Principles 3 Part III Language Design 5 Introduction to Volume 2 6 Part IV Functor-Category Semantics 7 Part V Specification Logic 7 Part VI Procedures and Local Variables 8 Part vn Interference, Irreversibility and Concurrency 9 Acknowledgements 11 Bibliography 11 Introduction to Volume 1 This volume contains historical and foundational material, and works on lan­ guage design. All of the material should be accessible to beginning graduate students in programming languages and theoretical Computer Science.

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In recent years there has been a remarkable convergence of interest in programming languages based on Algol 60. Researchers interested in the theory of procedural and object-oriented languages discovered that Algol 60 shows how to add procedures and object classes to simple imperative languages in a general and clean way.Volume 1 contains an Introduction, historical and foundational material, and works on language design; all of this material should be accessible to beginning graduate students in programming languages and theoretical computer science.