Programming Languages and Methodologies

Programming Languages and Methodologies
Author: Robert J. Schalkoff
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2007
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Programming Languages And Methodologies Presents A Mature, Well-Rounded View Of The Entire Programming Process. Intended For The Junior/Senior-Level Student Who Has Completed Introductory Programming Courses, Schalkoff's Text Discusses The More Advanced Programming Topics, Including Differing Programming Methodologies (Imperative, Declarative, Functional, OO, Parallel, And Event-Driven), The Concepts Of Formal Grammars And Syntax, The Concepts And Implementation Of Scanning And Parsing, And The Concept Of Semantics. The Choice Of Topics Included Allows Instructors To Tailor Their Approach To Suit The Needs Of The Course And Provides A Wealth Of Hands-On Exercises And Experiences. With This Text Instructors Can Support Their Entire Course With Such Public Domain Platforms As Linux, Mac OS-X Or Windows OS At No Additional Cost To Students! Presenting Topics Related To The ACM/IEEE Model Curriculum, Programming Languages And Methodologies Is The Ideal Text For Your Computer Engineering And Computer Science Students!

Semantics of Programming Languages

Semantics of Programming Languages
Author: Carl A. Gunter
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1992
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780262570954

Semantics of Programming Languages exposes the basic motivations and philosophy underlying the applications of semantic techniques in computer science. It introduces the mathematical theory of programming languages with an emphasis on higher-order functions and type systems. Designed as a text for upper-level and graduate-level students, the mathematically sophisticated approach will also prove useful to professionals who want an easily referenced description of fundamental results and calculi. Basic connections between computational behavior, denotational semantics, and the equational logic of functional programs are thoroughly and rigorously developed. Topics covered include models of types, operational semantics, category theory, domain theory, fixed point (denotational). semantics, full abstraction and other semantic correspondence criteria, types and evaluation, type checking and inference, parametric polymorphism, and subtyping. All topics are treated clearly and in depth, with complete proofs for the major results and numerous exercises.

The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages

The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages
Author: Glynn Winskel
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1993-02-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780262731034

The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages provides the basic mathematical techniques necessary for those who are beginning a study of the semantics and logics of programming languages. These techniques will allow students to invent, formalize, and justify rules with which to reason about a variety of programming languages. Although the treatment is elementary, several of the topics covered are drawn from recent research, including the vital area of concurency. The book contains many exercises ranging from simple to miniprojects.Starting with basic set theory, structural operational semantics is introduced as a way to define the meaning of programming languages along with associated proof techniques. Denotational and axiomatic semantics are illustrated on a simple language of while-programs, and fall proofs are given of the equivalence of the operational and denotational semantics and soundness and relative completeness of the axiomatic semantics. A proof of Godel's incompleteness theorem, which emphasizes the impossibility of achieving a fully complete axiomatic semantics, is included. It is supported by an appendix providing an introduction to the theory of computability based on while-programs. Following a presentation of domain theory, the semantics and methods of proof for several functional languages are treated. The simplest language is that of recursion equations with both call-by-value and call-by-name evaluation. This work is extended to lan guages with higher and recursive types, including a treatment of the eager and lazy lambda-calculi. Throughout, the relationship between denotational and operational semantics is stressed, and the proofs of the correspondence between the operation and denotational semantics are provided. The treatment of recursive types - one of the more advanced parts of the book - relies on the use of information systems to represent domains. The book concludes with a chapter on parallel programming languages, accompanied by a discussion of methods for specifying and verifying nondeterministic and parallel programs.

Design Concepts in Programming Languages

Design Concepts in Programming Languages
Author: Franklyn Turbak
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 1347
Release: 2008-07-18
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0262303159

Key ideas in programming language design and implementation explained using a simple and concise framework; a comprehensive introduction suitable for use as a textbook or a reference for researchers. Hundreds of programming languages are in use today—scripting languages for Internet commerce, user interface programming tools, spreadsheet macros, page format specification languages, and many others. Designing a programming language is a metaprogramming activity that bears certain similarities to programming in a regular language, with clarity and simplicity even more important than in ordinary programming. This comprehensive text uses a simple and concise framework to teach key ideas in programming language design and implementation. The book's unique approach is based on a family of syntactically simple pedagogical languages that allow students to explore programming language concepts systematically. It takes as premise and starting point the idea that when language behaviors become incredibly complex, the description of the behaviors must be incredibly simple. The book presents a set of tools (a mathematical metalanguage, abstract syntax, operational and denotational semantics) and uses it to explore a comprehensive set of programming language design dimensions, including dynamic semantics (naming, state, control, data), static semantics (types, type reconstruction, polymporphism, effects), and pragmatics (compilation, garbage collection). The many examples and exercises offer students opportunities to apply the foundational ideas explained in the text. Specialized topics and code that implements many of the algorithms and compilation methods in the book can be found on the book's Web site, along with such additional material as a section on concurrency and proofs of the theorems in the text. The book is suitable as a text for an introductory graduate or advanced undergraduate programming languages course; it can also serve as a reference for researchers and practitioners.

Programming Languages: Concepts and Implementation

Programming Languages: Concepts and Implementation
Author: Saverio Perugini
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 889
Release: 2021-12-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 128426498X

Programming Languages: Concepts and Implementation teaches language concepts from two complementary perspectives: implementation and paradigms. It covers the implementation of concepts through the incremental construction of a progressive series of interpreters in Python, and Racket Scheme, for purposes of its combined simplicity and power, and assessing the differences in the resulting languages.

Clojure for the Brave and True

Clojure for the Brave and True
Author: Daniel Higginbotham
Publisher: No Starch Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2015-10-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1593277237

For weeks, months—nay!—from the very moment you were born, you’ve felt it calling to you. At long last you’ll be united with the programming language you’ve been longing for: Clojure! As a Lisp-style functional programming language, Clojure lets you write robust and elegant code, and because it runs on the Java Virtual Machine, you can take advantage of the vast Java ecosystem. Clojure for the Brave and True offers a "dessert-first" approach: you’ll start playing with real programs immediately, as you steadily acclimate to the abstract but powerful features of Lisp and functional programming. Inside you’ll find an offbeat, practical guide to Clojure, filled with quirky sample programs that catch cheese thieves and track glittery vampires. Learn how to: –Wield Clojure’s core functions –Use Emacs for Clojure development –Write macros to modify Clojure itself –Use Clojure’s tools to simplify concurrency and parallel programming Clojure for the Brave and True assumes no prior experience with Clojure, the Java Virtual Machine, or functional programming. Are you ready, brave reader, to meet your true destiny? Grab your best pair of parentheses—you’re about to embark on an epic journey into the world of Clojure!

Types and Programming Languages

Types and Programming Languages
Author: Benjamin C. Pierce
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2002-01-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780262162098

A comprehensive introduction to type systems and programming languages. A type system is a syntactic method for automatically checking the absence of certain erroneous behaviors by classifying program phrases according to the kinds of values they compute. The study of type systems—and of programming languages from a type-theoretic perspective—has important applications in software engineering, language design, high-performance compilers, and security. This text provides a comprehensive introduction both to type systems in computer science and to the basic theory of programming languages. The approach is pragmatic and operational; each new concept is motivated by programming examples and the more theoretical sections are driven by the needs of implementations. Each chapter is accompanied by numerous exercises and solutions, as well as a running implementation, available via the Web. Dependencies between chapters are explicitly identified, allowing readers to choose a variety of paths through the material. The core topics include the untyped lambda-calculus, simple type systems, type reconstruction, universal and existential polymorphism, subtyping, bounded quantification, recursive types, kinds, and type operators. Extended case studies develop a variety of approaches to modeling the features of object-oriented languages.

Concepts in Programming Languages

Concepts in Programming Languages
Author: John C. Mitchell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2003
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780521780988

A comprehensive undergraduate textbook covering both theory and practical design issues, with an emphasis on object-oriented languages.

Programming Languages

Programming Languages
Author: Kent D. Lee
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2008-12-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0387794220

Programming Languages: An Active Learning Approach introduces students to three programming paradigms: object-oriented/imperative languages using C++ and Ruby, functional languages using Standard ML, and logic programming using Prolog. This interactive textbook is intended to be used in and outside of class. Each chapter follows a pattern of presenting a topic followed by a practice exercise or exercises that encourage students to try what they have just read. This textbook is best-suited for students with a 2-3 course introduction to imperative programming. Key Features: (1) Accessible structure guides the student through various programming languages. (2) Seamlessly integrated practice exercises. (3) Classroom-tested. (4) Online support materials. Advance praise: “The Programming Languages book market is overflowing with books, but none like this. In many ways, it is precisely the book I have been searching for to use in my own programming languages course. One of the main challenges I perpetually face is how to teach students to program in functional and logical languages, but also how to teach them about compilers. This book melds the two approaches very well.” -- David Musicant, Carleton College

History of Programming Languages

History of Programming Languages
Author: Richard L. Wexelblat
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2014-05-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1483266168

History of Programming Languages presents information pertinent to the technical aspects of the language design and creation. This book provides an understanding of the processes of language design as related to the environment in which languages are developed and the knowledge base available to the originators. Organized into 14 sections encompassing 77 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the programming techniques to use to help the system produce efficient programs. This text then discusses how to use parentheses to help the system identify identical subexpressions within an expression and thereby eliminate their duplicate calculation. Other chapters consider FORTRAN programming techniques needed to produce optimum object programs. This book discusses as well the developments leading to ALGOL 60. The final chapter presents the biography of Adin D. Falkoff. This book is a valuable resource for graduate students, practitioners, historians, statisticians, mathematicians, programmers, as well as computer scientists and specialists.