Concepts and Semantics of Programming Languages 1: A Semantical Approach with OCaml and Python

  • 4h 50m
  • Francois Pessaux, Mathieu Jaume, Therese Hardin, Veronique Viguie Donzeau-Gouge
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2021

This book – the first of two volumes – explores the syntactical constructs of the most common programming languages, and sheds a mathematical light on their semantics, while also providing an accurate presentation of the material aspects that interfere with coding.

Concepts and Semantics of Programming Languages 1 is dedicated to functional and imperative features. Included is the formal study of the semantics of typing and execution; their acquisition is facilitated by implementation into OCaml and Python, as well as by worked examples. Data representation is considered in detail: endianness, pointers, memory management, union types and pattern-matching, etc., with examples in OCaml, C and C++. The second volume introduces a specific model for studying modular and object features and uses this model to present Ada and OCaml modules, and subsequently Java, C++, OCaml and Python classes and objects.

This book is intended not only for computer science students and teachers but also seasoned programmers, who will find a guide to reading reference manuals and the foundations of program verification.

In this Book

  • From Hardware to Software
  • Introduction to Semantics of Programming Languages
  • Semantics of Functional Features
  • Semantics of Imperative Features
  • Types
  • Data Types
  • Pointers and Memory Management
  • Exceptions

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