The World of Programming Languages (Paperback)

Michael Marcotty

ISBN 10: 0387964401 / ISBN 13: 9780387964409

Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., New York, NY, 1986

Paperback. 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. Similarly, if we rise above the details of a few programming languages, we can discern features that are common to many languages. A Study of Concepts The text surveys the landscape of programming languages and its features. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780387964409

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Similarly, if we rise above the details of a few programming languages, we can discern features that are common to many languages. A Study of Concepts The text surveys the landscape of programming languages and its features.

Contenuti: Preface.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1 The Building of the Tower of Babel.- 1.2 What Is a Programming Language?.- 1.3 Why Study Programming Languages?.- 1.4 What Should We Look for in a Language?.- 1.5 Language Design Issues.- 1.6 The Study of Programming Languages.- Further Reading.- 2. Elements of a Programming Language.- 2.1 Informal Description of Mini-language Core.- 2.2 Informal Semantics of Mini-language Core.- 2.3 Language Design and the Programming Process.- 2.4 The Definition of Programming Languages.- 2.5 The Formal Description of Syntax.- 2.6 Other Context-free Syntax Definitions.- Further Reading.- 3. Names, Locations, and Values.- 3.1 Mini-language Ref.- 3.2 Declarations.- 3.3 Assignment.- 3.4 Statements as Expressions.- 3.5 Where to Look: Algol 68, Smalltalk.- Further Reading.- 4. Control Structures.- 4.1 Mini-language Control.- 4.2 Basic Control Structures and Flowgraphs.- 4.3 Theorems on Control Structures.- 4.4 Other One-in, One-out Control Structures.- 4.5 The Goto Statement and Label Values.- 4.6 Conclusions.- 4.7 Where to Look: Pascal, Ada.- Further Reading.- 5. Data Types.- 5.1 Mini-language Type.- 5.2 The Meaning of Type.- 5.3 Primitive Types.- 5.4 Array Types.- 5.5 Record Types.- 5.6 Type Checking.- 5.7 Where to Look: Fortran, PL/I.- Further Reading.- 6. Input and Output.- 6.1 Mini-language Format.- 6.2 Varieties of Input-output Specifications.- 6.3 Communication with the Outside World.- 6.4 Where to Look: Fortran, Cobol, Ada.- Further Reading.- 7. Procedures and Parameters.- 7.1 Mini-language Procedures.- 7.2 Procedures as Abstractions.- 7.3 Arguments and Parameters.- 7.4 Value-returning Procedures.- 7.5 Coroutines.- 7.6 Where to Look: PL/I, Ada.- Further Reading.- 8. Nesting and Scope.- 8.1 Mini-language Scope.- 8.2 The Idea of Scope.- 8.3 Storage Allocation.- 8.4 Dynamic Scope.- 8.5 Where to Look: Pascal, PL/I, APL.- Further Reading.- 9. Definition of New Data Types.- 9.1 Mini-language Typedef.- 9.2 Type Definitions.- 9.3 Definition of Structured Types.- 9.4 User Defined Operators.- 9.5 Where to Look: Pascal, Algol 68.- Further Reading.- 10. Dynamically Varying Structures.- 10.1 Mini-language Structures.- 10.2 Dynamically Varying Data Structures.- 10.3 Pointers.- 10.4 Design Criteria for Data Structures.- 10.5 Dynamic Allocation of Storage.- 10.6 Where to Look: PL/I, Pascal, Ada.- Further Reading.- 11. Exception Handling.- 11.1 Mini-language Exceptions.- 11.2 Exceptions.- 11.3 Issues in Exception Handling.- 11.4 Where to Look: PL/I, Ada.- Further Reading.- 12. Parallel Processing.- 12.1 Mini-language Parallel.- 12.2 A First Solution to the Decoding Problem.- 12.3 Putting a Buffer in a Task.- 12.4 Interrupting.- 12.5 Issues in Parallel Processing.- 12.6 Where to Look: Concurrent Pascal, Modula-2, Ada.- Further Reading.- 13. Separately Compiled Modules.- 13.1 Mini-language Modules.- 13.2 Packaging Subprograms.- 13.3 Abstract Data Types.- 13.4 Where to Look: PL/I, Modula 2, Ada, Smalltalk.- Further Reading.- 14. The Swamp of Complexity.- 14.1 The Forms of Complexity.- 14.2 Escaping from the Swamp.- References.

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Titolo: The World of Programming Languages (...
Casa editrice: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., New York, NY
Data di pubblicazione: 1986
Legatura: Paperback
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