This introduction to the principles and concepts of programming language uses Java as a main language then systematically compares it to other languages, thereby providing the tools that allow students to adapt to new programming languages.

By introducing the principles of programming languages, using the Java language as a support, Gilles Dowek provides the necessary fundamentals of this language as a first objective.It is important to realise that knowledge of a single programming language is not really enough. To be a good programmer, you should be familiar with several languages and be able to learn new ones. In order to do this, you'll need to understand universal concepts, such as functions or cells, which exist in one form or another in all programming languages. The most effective way to understand these universal concepts is to compare two or more languages. In this book, the author has chosen Caml and C.To understand the principles of programming languages, it is also important to learn how to precisely define the meaning ofa program, and tools for doing so are discussed. Finally, there is coverage of basic algorithms for lists and trees.Written for students, this book presents what all scientists and engineers should know about programming languages.

Presents the concepts of programming languages, to enable students to use more than one language Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Gilles Dowek is Director of Research at INRIA and heads the LOGICAL project-team. He is also a Professor at the École Polytechnique and a researcher at the École Polytechnique's Computer Science Laboratory (LIX). He is an advisor to the National Institute of Aerospace, a NASA Langley research centre laboratory. His research focuses on formalising mathematics, on demonstration processing systems related to quantum programming language design and on safety for aerospace systems. He has written several works aimed at explaining maths and science theory in layman's terms.

Klappentext

The development of programming languages has profoundly impacted our relationship with language, complexity and machines. By introducing the principles of programming languages, using the Java language as a support, Gilles Dowek provides the necessary fundamentals of this language as a first objective.

It is important to realise that knowledge of a single programming language is not really enough. To be a good programmer, you should be familiar with several languages and be able to learn new ones. In order to do this, you'll need to understand universal concepts, such as functions or cells, which exist in one form or another in all programming languages. The most effective way to understand these universal concepts is to compare two or more languages. In this book, the author has chosen Caml and C.

To understand the principles of programming languages, it is also important to learn how to precisely define the meaning of a program, and tools for doing so are discussed. Finally, there is coverage of basic algorithms for lists and trees.

Intended for students with some small experience of computer programming, learned empirically in a single programming language other than Java, students in both computer science and engineering will find this book a very welcome introduction to the principles of programming languages.

Written for students this book presents what all scientists and engineers should know about programming languages.

Inhalt
Imperactive Core.- Functions.- Exceptions.- Programming with Trees.- Objects.- Recursion.- Dynamic Data Types.- Programing with Lists.- Records