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Fundamentals of Programming Languages

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  • © 1983

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  1. Ellis Horowitz
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Evolution of Programming Languages

    • Ellis Horowitz
    Pages 1-31

  3. The Challenge of Programming Language Design

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    Pages 33-49

  4. Defining Syntax

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    Pages 51-79

  5. Variables, Expressions and Statements

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    Pages 81-119

  6. Types

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    Pages 121-167

  7. Scope and Extent

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    Pages 169-201

  8. Procedures

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    Pages 203-239

  9. Data Abstraction

    • Ellis Horowitz
    Pages 241-271

  10. Exception Handling

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    Pages 273-293

  11. Concurrency

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    Pages 295-335

  12. Input-Output

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    Pages 337-353

  13. Functional Programming

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    Pages 355-387

  14. Data Flow Programming Languages

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    Pages 389-407

  15. Object Oriented Programming Languages

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    Pages 409-425

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 427-450
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" .. .1 always worked with programming languages because it seemed to me that until you could understand those, you really couldn't understand computers. Understanding them doesn't really mean only being able to use them. A lot of people can use them without understanding them." Christopher Strachey The development of programming languages is one of the finest intellectual achievements of the new discipline called Computer Science. And yet, there is no other subject that I know of, that has such emotionalism and mystique associated with it. Thus my attempt to write about this highly charged subject is taken with a good deal of caution. Nevertheless, in my role as Professor I have felt the need for a modern treatment of this subject. Traditional books on programming languages are like abbreviated language manuals, but this book takes a fundamentally different point of view. I believe that the best possible way to study and understand today's programming languages is by focusing on a few essential concepts. These concepts form the outline for this book and include such topics as variables, expressions, statements, typing, scope, procedures, data types, exception handling and concurrency. By understanding what these concepts are and how they are realized in different programming languages, one arrives at a level of comprehension far greater than one gets by writing some programs in a vi vB Preface few languages. Moreover, knowledge of these concepts provides a framework for understanding future language designs.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fundamentals of Programming Languages

  • Authors: Ellis Horowitz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96729-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Computer Science Press 1983

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-96729-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Topics: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

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