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Essentials of Programming Languages, third edition (The MIT Press)

Essentials of Programming Languages, third edition (The MIT Press)
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third edition
Authors:
Daniel P. Friedman
Mitchell Wand
Publisher:
The MIT Press
Release Date:
2008
ISBN-10:
0262062798
ISBN-13:
9780262062794

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About Essentials of Programming Languages, third edition (The MIT Press)

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…

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