Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms

Gabbrielli, Maurizio.

Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms [electronic resource] / by Maurizio Gabbrielli, Simone Martini. - 2nd ed. 2023. - XXII, 562 p. 132 illus. online resource. - Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science, 2197-1781 . - Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science, .

1. Abstract Machines -- 2. How to Describe a Programming Language -- 3. Foundations -- 4. Names and the Environment -- 5. Memory Management -- 6. Control Structure -- 7. Control Abstraction -- Structuring Data -- 8. Data Abstraction -- 9. The Object-Oriented Paradigm -- 10. The Functional Paradigm -- 11. The Logic Programming Paradigm -- 12. A Short Historical Perspective.

The second edition of this core textbook is a thorough, up-to-date introduction to the principles and techniques that guide the design and implementation of modern programming languages. The goal of the book is to provide the basis for a critical understanding of most modern programming languages. Thus, rather than focusing on a specific language, the book identifies the most important principles shared by large classes of languages. The notion of ‘abstract machine’ is a unifying concept that helps to maintain an accurate and elementary treatment. The book introduces, analyses in depth, and compares the imperative, object-oriented, functional, logic, concurrent, constraint-based, and service-oriented programming paradigms. All material coming from the first English edition has been updated and extended, clarifying some tricky points, and discussing newer programming languages. This second edition contains new chapters dedicated to constraint, concurrent, and service-oriented programming. Topics and features: Requires familiarity with one programming language is a prerequisite Provides a chapter on history offering context for most of the constructs in use today Presents an elementary account of semantical approaches and of computability Introduces new examples in modern programming languages like Python or Scala Offers a chapter that opens a perspective on applications in artificial intelligence Conceived as a university textbook, this unique volume will also be suitable for IT specialists who want to deepen their knowledge of the mechanisms behind the languages they use. The choice of themes and the presentation style are largely influenced by the experience of teaching the content as part of a bachelor's degree in computer science. The authors are all affiliated with the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Bologna. Maurizio Gabbrielli and Simone Martini are professors of computer science, Saverio Giallorenzo is junior assistant professor of computer science. .

9783031341441

10.1007/978-3-031-34144-1 doi


Compilers (Computer programs).
Computer science.
Compilers and Interpreters.
Theory of Computation.

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