Focuses on designing, implementation, properties and limitations of new and existing programming languages. The book supports a critical study of the Imperative, Functional and Logic Languages focusing on both principles and paradigms which allows for flexibility in how the text can be used. The instructor can cover the fundamentals in principles and then choose paradigms of the text that he or she wishes to cover.
Table of Contents
• Preface • Introduction to Programming Languages Concepts • Syntax, Semantic and Translation • Basic Parsing Techniques • Elementary Data Types • Structured Data Types • Encapsulation • Sequence Control • Sequence Control of Subprogram • Memory Management • Object Oriented Languages • Functional Programming Languages • Logic Programming Languages • Data-Flow Languages • Programming Languages from Different Paradigms • Index.