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The World of Programming Languages

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Michael Marcotty

    1. Computer Science Department, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, USA

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  2. Henry Ledgard

    1. RFD, Amherst, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 1-18

  3. Elements of a Programming Language

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 19-52

  4. Names, Locations, and Values

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 53-72

  5. Control Structures

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 73-108

  6. Data Types

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 109-136

  7. Input and Output

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 137-160

  8. Procedures and Parameters

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 161-186

  9. Nesting and Scope

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 187-210

  10. Definition of New Data Types

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 211-234

  11. Dynamically Varying Structures

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 235-254

  12. Exception Handling

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 255-270

  13. Parallel Processing

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 271-292

  14. Separately Compiled Modules

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 293-312

  15. The Swamp of Complexity

    • Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
    Pages 313-321

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 323-360
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Computer Science Department, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, USA

    Michael Marcotty

  • RFD, Amherst, USA

    Henry Ledgard

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