The World of Programming Languages

Michael Marcotty

ISBN 10: 0387964401 / ISBN 13: 9780387964409

Published by Springer, Chapman And Hall/CRC Dez 1986, 1986

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The earth, viewed through the window of an airplane, shows a regularity and reptition of features, for example, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes, and forests. Nevertheless, there is great local variation; Vermont does not look like Utah. Similarly, if we rise above the details of a few programming languages, we can discern features that are common to many languages. This is the programming language landscape; the main features include variables, types, control structures, and input/output. Again, there is local variation; Pascal does not look like Basic. This work is a broad and comprehensive discussion of the principal features of the major programming languages. A Study of Concepts The text surveys the landscape of programming languages and its features. Each chapter concentrates on a single language concept. A simple model of the feature, expressed as a mini-language, is presented. This allows us to study an issue in depth and relative isolation. Each chapter concludes with a discussion of the way in which the concept is incorporated into some well-known languages. This permits a reasonably complete coverage of language issues.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 380 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World of Programming Languages
• Publisher: Springer, Chapman And Hall/CRC Dez 1986
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387964401
• ISBN 13: 9780387964409
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 21D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 575 grams

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Synopsis

The earth, viewed through the window of an airplane, shows a regularity and reptition of features, for example, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes, and forests. Nevertheless, there is great local variation; Vermont does not look like Utah. Similarly, if we rise above the details of a few programming languages, we can discern features that are common to many languages. This is the programming language landscape; the main features include variables, types, control structures, and input/output. Again, there is local variation; Pascal does not look like Basic. This work is a broad and comprehensive discussion of the principal features of the major programming languages. A Study of Concepts The text surveys the landscape of programming languages and its features. Each chapter concentrates on a single language concept. A simple model of the feature, expressed as a mini-language, is presented. This allows us to study an issue in depth and relative isolation. Each chapter concludes with a discussion of the way in which the concept is incorporated into some well-known languages. This permits a reasonably complete coverage of language issues.

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This book presents a comprehensive study of the principal features found in major programming languages. The concepts discussed are introduced individually, and are examined in-depth through the use of specially designed pedagogic mini-languages.