Practical Foundations for Programming Languages

Harper, Robert

ISBN 10: 1107029570 / ISBN 13: 9781107029576

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge / New York, 2013

Beschreibung

10 1/4" x 7?, xviii, 471 pages, bibliography. Types are the central organizing principle of the theory of programming languages. In this innovative book, Professor Robert Harper offers a fresh perspective on the fundamentals of these languages through the use of type theory. Whereas most textbooks on the subject emphasize taxonomy, Harper instead emphasizes genetics, examining the building blocks from which all programming languages are constructed. Language features are manifestations of type structure. The syntax of a language is governed by the constructs that define its types, and its semantics is determined by the interactions among those constructs. The soundness of a language design - the absence of ill-defined programs - follows naturally. Professor Harper's presentation is simultaneously rigorous and intuitive, relying on only elementary mathematics. The framework he outlines scales easily to a rich variety of language concepts and is directly applicable to their implementation. The result is a lucid introduction to programming theory that is both accessible and practical. Hb, now dw, as issued, virtually as new. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007365

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Practical Foundations for Programming ...

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge / New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2013

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition

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Inhaltsangabe:

This innovative book offers fresh perspectives on the fundamentals of programming languages through type theory. Whereas most textbooks on this subject emphasize taxonomy, Harper emphasizes genetics, examining the building blocks from which all programming languages are constructed. The result is an introduction to programming theory that is accessible and practical.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Robert Harper has been a member of the faculty of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University since 1988. His main research interest is in the application of type theory to the design and implementation of programming languages and to the development of systems for mechanization of mathematics. Professor Harper is a recipient of the Allen Newell Medal for Research Excellence and the Herbert A. Simon Award for Teaching Excellence at Carnegie Mellon and is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.