{"product_id":"programming-language-pragmatics-9781558604421","title":"Programming Language Pragmatics","description":"\u003cp\u003eProgramming Language Pragmatics addresses the fundamental principles at work in the most important contemporary languages  highlights the critical relationship between language design and language implementation  and devotes special attention to issues of importance to the expert programmer. Thanks to its rigorous but accessible teaching style  youll emerge better prepared to choose the best language for particular projects  to make more effective use of languages you already know  and to learn new languages quickly and completely.   Addresses the most recent developments in programming language design  spanning more than forty different languages  including Ada 95  C  C  Fortran 95  Java  Lisp  Scheme  ML  Modula-3  Pascal  and Prolog.  Places a special emphasis on implementation issues-how the techniques used by compilers and related tools influence language design  and vice versa.  Covers advanced topics in language design and implemenation  such as iterators  coroutines  templates (generics)  separate compilation  I\/O  type inference  and exception handling.  Reviews language-related topics in assembly-level architecture critical for understanding what a compiler does to a program.  Offers in-depth coverage of object-oriented programming  including multiple inheritance and dynamic method binding.  Devotes a special section to static and dynamic linking.  Includes a comprehensive chapter on concurrency  with detailed coverage of both shared-memory and message-passing languages and libraries.  Provides an accessible introduction to the formal foundations of compilation (automata theory)  functional programming (lambda calculus)  and logic programming (predicate calculus).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789811474485,"sku":"ByrdShop_1558604421","price":36.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781558604421.jpg?v=1784700021","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/programming-language-pragmatics-9781558604421","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}