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Programming Language Concepts

By Peter Sestoft (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag London
Year
2012
ISBN
1447141555, 9781447141556, 1447141563, 9781447141563
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-4156-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1516269 bytes)
Series
Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science 50
Edition
1
Pages
278\294
Library
Kolxo3
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-06-21 13:25:00
CompilersInterpretersProgramming Languages

Description

Programming Language Concepts uses a functional programming language (F#) as the metalanguage in which to present all concepts and examples, and thus has an operational flavour, enabling practical experiments and exercises. It includes basic concepts such as abstract syntax, interpretation, stack machines, compilation, type checking, and garbage collection techniques, as well as the more advanced topics on polymorphic types, type inference using unification, co- and contravariant types, continuations, and backwards code generation with on-the-fly peephole optimization. Programming Language Concepts covers practical construction of lexers and parsers, but not regular expressions, automata and grammars, which are well covered elsewhere. It throws light on the design and technology of Java and C# to strengthen students’ understanding of these widely used languages. The examples present several interpreters and compilers for toy languages, including a compiler for a small but usable subset of C, several abstract machines, a garbage collector, and ML-style polymorphic type inference. Each chapter has exercises based on such examples.

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