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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Michael Scott's book could have been entitled 'Why Programming Languages Work' ... Its comprehensive and integrated presentation of language design and implementation illustrates and explains admirably the many deep and profitable connections among these fields." -Jim Larus, Microsoft Research "This book is the best and most complete on this topic that I've seen." -Klaus Ostermann, Darmstadt University of Technology
Table of ContentsI. Foundations 1. Introduction 2. Programming Language Syntax 3. Names, Scopes, Bindings 4. Semantic Analysis 5. Target Machine Architecture II. Core Issues in Language Design 6. Control Flow 7. Data Types 8. Composite Types 9. Subroutines and Control Abstraction 10. Data Abstraction and Object Orientation III. Alternative Programming Models 11. Functional Languages 12. Logic Languages 13. Concurrency 14. Scripting Languages IV. A Closer Look at Implementation 15. Building a Runnable Program 16. Run-time Program Management 17. Code Improvement
