ISBN10: 0521780985
ISBN13: 9780521780988
Edition/Copyright: 03

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Cover: Hardback
Year Published: 2003
Weight: 1.5lbs.
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Concepts in Programming Languages

by John C. Mitchell


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Summary

Table of Contents

Concepts in Programming Languages elucidates the central concepts used in modern programming languages, such as functions, types, memory management, and control. The book is unique in its comprehensive presentation and comparison of major object-oriented programming languages. Separate chapters examine the history of objects, Simula and Smalltalk, and the prominent languages C++ and Java. The author presents foundational topics, such as lambda calculus and denotational semantics, in an easy-to-read, informal style, focusing on the main insights provided by these theories. Advanced topics include concurrency, concurrent object-oriented programming, program components, and inter-language interoperability. A chapter on logic programming illustrates the importance of specialized programming methods for certain kinds of problems.

Part I. Functions and Foundations:

1. Introduction
2. Computability
3. Lisp: functions, recursion, and lists
4. Fundamentals

Part II. Procedures, Types, Memory Management and Control:

5. The Algol family and ML
6. Type systems and type inference
7. Scope, functions, and storage management
8. Control in sequential languages

Part III. Modularity, Abstraction and Object-Oriented Programming:

9 Data abstraction and modularity
10. Concepts in object-oriented languages
11. History of objects: simula and smalltalk
12. Objects and run-time efficiency: C++
13. Portability and safety: Java

Part IV. Concurrency and logic Programming:

14. Concurrent and distributed programming
15. The logic programming paradigm and prolog by Krzysztof Apt

Appendix: Additional programming examples
Glossary.