Essentials of Programming Languages, 2nd Edition
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A new edition of a textbook that provides students with a deep, working understanding of the essential concepts of programming languages, completely revised, with significant new material.This book... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262062178
ISBN13:9780262062176
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:389 Pages
Weight:2.14 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.1" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Very good book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I've taught fundamentals of programming languages, a course for 2nd year undergraduate students, using this book and it's been a success. The reader must know how to program in order to understand the book, I accept that, but the idea of teaching the basis of programming languages by creating one is great. Additionally, the use of Scheme as a language for developing is crucial. On the other hand, the quality of the book and the paper are good. It has a lot of very decent exercises and the subjects are well-explained.
very methodical and simple
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
its really a nice book to start with functional programming and thinkin in terms of recursion. you can easily write a cool interpreter by following this book cover to .... doesnt explain lambda calculus and combinators in much detail though
excellent
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I had a lot of fun going through the book and following the steps to build an increasingly sophisticated language interpreter.Now if only I can get a job writing scheme/lisp code, I'll be all set.
Great book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I used this book in university and studied under Professor Friedman. This book perfect encapsulates the content of our course. In addition, it makes understanding the structure of programming languages easy.
A Great Programming Language Text
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
I've used this book to teach an undergraduate programming language for 4 years now. I believe it to be the finest text in the area because of its approach to the subject. Many books in this area are what I call smorgasborg books--leading the reader through one language syntax after another without ever getting to what really matters: programming language operation. In EoPL, Freidman, Wand, and Haynes solve this problem by using a standard technique of computer science: using the right langauge for the job. In this case the job is progrmaming language operation and the language is Scheme. Don't be fooled into thinking you're learning Scheme--you're actually learning a great deal about programming languages along the way. The book covers the operational semantics of the most important features in programming languages and give users a clear understanding of the infrastructure of programming langauges along the way. Highly recommended. See http://lal.cs.byu.edu/cs330 for a course based on this book.
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