Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

Gabbrielli, Maurizio; Martini, Simone

ISBN 10: 1848829132 / ISBN 13: 9781848829138

Published by Springer, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848829132
• ISBN 13: 9781848829138
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.