Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages by Dowek, Gilles New<-

Introduction to the Theory of Programming LanguagesAuthor(s): Gilles Dowek, Jean-Jacques Lvy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer London Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Springer London Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780857290755, 978-0857290755\nSynopsis\nThe design and implementation of programming languages, from Fortran and Cobol to Caml and Java, has been one of the key developments in the management of ever more complex computerized systems. Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages gives the reader the means to discover the tools to think, design, and implement these languages.\n\nIt proposes a unified vision of the different formalisms that permit definition of a programming language: small steps operational semantics, big steps operational semantics, and denotational semantics, emphasising that all seek to define a relation between three objects: a program, an input value, and an output value. These formalisms are illustrated by presenting the semantics of some typical features of.