{"product_id":"9780857290755","title":"Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUndergraduate Topics in Computer Science\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDowek, Gilles; Lévy, Jean-Jacques\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe design and implementation of programming languages, from Fortran and Cobol to Caml and Java, has been one of the key developments in the management of ever more complex computerized systems. \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to the Theory of Programming Languages\u003c\/em\u003e gives the reader the means to discover the tools to think, design, and implement these languages.\n\nIt proposes a unified vision of the different formalisms that permit definition of a programming language: small steps operational semantics, big steps operational semantics, and denotational semantics, emphasising that all seek to define a relation between three objects: a program, an input value, and an output value. These formalisms are illustrated by presenting the semantics of some typical features of programming languages: functions, recursivity, assignments, records, objects, ... showing  that the study of programming languages does not consist of studying languages one after another, but is organized around the features that arepresent in these various languages. The study of these features leads to the development of evaluators, interpreters and compilers, and also type inference algorithms, for small languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-12-15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780857290755\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-0-85729-076-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 96\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45382518636684,"sku":"9780857290755","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780857290755_22ffe383-0572-4b1a-8061-a91204a36a29.jpg?v=1775752332","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780857290755","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}