Computer Science

Concepts of Programming Languages describes the fundamental concepts of programming languages by presenting design issues, examining design choices, and critically comparing design alternatives without being language specific. This is an ideal text for students taking a comparative programming languages course because it allows those with the ability to program to learn how to choose appropriate languages for certain tasks, increase their abilities to learn new languages, and understand the significance of implementation.

• Illustrates various language constructs and design alternatives through Java, JavaScript, ML, Prolog, C++, C, Ada, Fortran, Perl and others.

• This is the market leading title for the comparative programming languages course.

• End-of-chapter sections now include lab projects to give students more hands-on practice.

• Increased coverage of advanced object-oriented topics.

• Includes additional coverage of languages like Java, JavaScript, Perl, and PHP.

• Increased discussion of functional programming, including the ML language.

• New historical boxes and interviews with James Gosling, Larry Wall, Alan Cooper, Bjarne Stroustrup, etc. set the material into context.

• New Companion Web site for students featuring quizzes, programming projects, and language references.

 1. Preliminaries.


 2. Evolution of the Major Programming Languages.


 3. Describing Syntax and Semantics.


 4. Lexical and Syntax Analysis.


 5. Names, Binding, Type Checking, and Scopes.


 6. Data Types.


 7. Expressions and Assignment Statements.


 8. Statement-Level Control Structure.


 9. Subprograms.


10. Implementing Subprograms.


11. Abstract Data Types.


12. Support for Object-Oriented Programming.


13. Concurrency.


14. Exception Handling and Event Handling.


15. Functional Programming Languages.


16. Logic Programming Languages.

Programming Languages/Comparative Languages (Computer Science)

Now in the Eighth Edition, Concepts of Programming Languages introduces students to the main constructs of contemporary programming languages and provides the tools necessary to critically evaluate existing and future programming languages. By presenting design issues for various language constructs, examining the design choices for these constructs in some of the most common languages, and critically comparing the design alternatives, this book gives readers a solid foundation for understanding the fundamental concepts of programming languages. In addition, Sebesta strives to prepare the reader for the study of compiler design by providing an in-depth discussion of programming language structures, presenting a formal method of describing syntax, and introducing approaches to lexical and syntactic analysis.
• Concepts of Programming Languages, 8/E
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  © 2008 | Addison-Wesley | Cloth; 752 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0321493621 | ISBN-13: 9780321493620
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Dr. Sebesta received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Penn State University. His research is in the areas of compiler design and programming language design. He has been teaching computer science for over twenty-eight years. He is a member of ACM and the Computer Society of IEEE. Robert Sebesta currently teaches Perl programming, among other subjects, at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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• Companion Web Site, 6/E
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• Online Language References, 6/E
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  © 2004 | Addison-Wesley | On-line Supplement | Instock
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