Focuses on the three paradigms of programming: imperative, functional, and logic programming

Demonstrates not only how programming language concepts are used in language, but also how these concepts are implemented

Covers assembly language programming, C++, Standard ML, and Prolog

Autorentext

Dr. Kent D. Lee is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, USA. He now works for Hewlett Packard Enterprise as an Engineer and Architect on the DragonHPC project within the High Performance Computing division (formerly Cray, Inc.). He is the author of the successful introductory companion textbook from Springer, Python Programming Fundamentals, and the Foundations of Programming Languages - an excellent textbook on compiler and interpreter implementation. Dr. Steve Hubbard is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science at Luther College.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Syntax.- Assembly Language.- Object-Oriented Programming.- Functional Programming.- Compiling Standard ML.- Logic Programming.- Standard ML Type Inference.- Appendix A: The JCoCo Virtual Machine Specification.- Appendix B: The Standard ML Basis Library.