The World of Programming Languages

di Michael Marcotty (Autore)

Henry Ledgard (Autore)

Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1986

The earth, viewed through the window of an airplane, shows a regularity and reptition of features, for example, hills, valleys, rivers, lakes, and forests. Nevertheless, there is great local variation; Vermont does not look like Utah. Similarly, if we rise above the details of a few programming languages, we can discern features that are common to many languages. This is the programming language landscape; the main features include variables, types, control structures, and input/output. Again, there is local variation; Pascal does not look like Basic. This work is a broad and comprehensive discussion of the principal features of the major programming languages. A Study of Concepts The text surveys the landscape of programming languages and its features. Each chapter concentrates on a single language concept. A simple model of the feature, expressed as a mini-language, is presented. This allows us to study an issue in depth and relative isolation. Each chapter concludes with a discussion of the way in which the concept is incorporated into some well-known languages. This permits a reasonably complete coverage of language issues.

• Autore: Michael Marcotty, Henry Ledgard
• Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Collana: Springer Books on Professional Computing
• Anno: 1986
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 360 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9780387964409

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