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ISBN: 0521780985

ISBN13: 9780521780988

Concepts in Programming Languages

Name: Excellent explanation of fundamental concepts
Item: Concepts in Programming Languages
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By John C. Mitchell

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Book Overview

Concepts in Programming Languages elucidates the central concepts used in modern programming languages, such as functions, types, memory management, and control. The book is unique in its comprehensive presentation and comparison of major object-oriented programming languages. Separate chapters examine the history of objects, Simula and Smalltalk, and the prominent languages C++ and Java. The author presents foundational topics, such as lambda calculus and denotational semantics, in an easy-to-read, informal style, focusing on the main insights provided by these theories. Advanced topics include concurrency, concurrent object-oriented programming, program components, and inter-language interoperability. A chapter on logic programming illustrates the importance of specialized programming methods for certain kinds of problems.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521780985

ISBN13:9780521780988

Release Date:October 2002

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:540 Pages

Weight:2.51 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 7.3" x 10.2"

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Rated 5 stars
Excellent explanation of fundamental concepts

By Thriftbooks.com User, July 2, 2010

I read this book out of interest in programming languages theory. I did not want to read a pure theoretical book but wanted to get an understanding on how important concepts are currently implemented in various different languages. This book does this job quite effectively. It also has a puritan theoretical flavor that I liked. It used ML for explaining important concepts and I think that is a right choice. It also has pointed...

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Rated 5 stars
Excellent introduction to programming language concepts

By Thriftbooks.com User, April 12, 2010

I really enjoyed reading Concepts in Programming Languages. The book covers a little bit of everything. It includes an introduction to mathematical foundations such as computability theory and lambda calculus, but I found it quite readable (at the time when I was reading it, which was early during my undergraduate studies). It also includes a tiny bit on the semantics of programming languages (that is, how to describe the...

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Rated 5 stars
Get it! Read it!

By Thriftbooks.com User, October 1, 2009

I used this book in CS 242. It was a great class; and this is one of my favorite books ever!

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Rated 4 stars
Good introduction to the subject

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 18, 2007

I can't speak to John Mitchell's skill as a lecturer, but some of the complaints here seem to betray a misunderstanding of the purpose of the book: to serve as an introduction to programming language theory, such as can be found in Mitchell's other book *Foundations for Programming Languages*. Mitchell is taking you *out of* the marketable skills zone and into abstract computer science, and he's being pretty nice about it...

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Rated 5 stars
great book, the best presentation of the topic

By Thriftbooks.com User, January 9, 2004

The book is wonderfully and clearly written; it is an easy read without taking a college course, which is what I did. Any person seriously interested in computer science should get acquainted with this material to develop true understanding and appreciation for programming languages in general and specific ones in popular use right now. Introduction of other languages, like Lisp, ML, and Smalltalk is very appropriate and...

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