Essentials of Programming Languages, third edition
Daniel P. Friedman ; Mitchell Wand
- A
- new
- edition
- of
- a
- textbook
- that
- provides
- students
- with
- a
- deep,
- working
- understanding
- of
- the
- essential
- concepts
- of
- programming
- languages,
- completely
- revised,
- with
- significant
- new
- material.This
- book
- provides
- students
- with
- a
- deep,
- working
- understanding
- of
- the
- essential
- concepts
- of
- programming
- languages.
- Most
- of
- these
- essentials
- relate
- to
- the
- semantics,
- or
- meaning,
- of
- program
- elements,
- and
- the
- text
- uses
- interpreters
- (short
- programs
- that
- directly
- analyze
- an
- abstract
- representation
- of
- the
- program
- text)
- to
- express
- the
- semantics
- of
- many
- essential
- language
- elements
- in
- a
- way
- that
- is
- both
- clear
- and
- executable.
- The
- approach
- is
- both
- analytical
- and
- hands-on.
- The
- book
- provides
- views
- of
- programming
- languages
- using
- widely
- varying
- levels
- of
- abstraction,
- maintaining
- a
- clear
- connection
- between
- the
- high-level
- and
- low-level
- views.
- Exercises
- are
- a
- vital
- part
- of
- the
- text
- and
- are
- scattered
- throughout;
- the
- text
- explains
- the
- key
- concepts,
- and
- the
- exercises
- explore
- alternative
- designs
- and
- other
- issues.
- The
- complete
- Scheme
- code
- for
- all
- the
- interpreters
- and
- analyzers
- in
- the
- book
- can
- be
- found
- online
- through
- The
- MIT
- Press
- web
- site.
- For
- this
- new
- edition,
- each
- chapter
- has
- been
- revised
- and
- many
- new
- exercises
- have
- been
- added.
- Significant
- additions
- have
- been
- made
- to
- the
- text,
- including
- completely
- new
- chapters
- on
- modules
- and
- continuation-passing
- style.
- Essentials
- of
- Programming
- Languages
- can
- be
- used
- for
- both
- graduate
- and
- undergraduate
- courses,
- and
- for
- continuing
- education
- courses
- for programmers.
