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Concepts of Programming Languages (10th Edition)

Concepts of Programming Languages (10th Edition)
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By: Robert W. Sebesta (Author)  (Hardcover - 2012)
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» Hardcover: (816 pages)
» Publisher:  Addison-Wesley (January 16, 2012)
» ISBN: 0131395319
» Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 1.3 inches
» Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,810 in Books
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For undergraduate students in Computer Science and Computer Programming courses.

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Now in its Tenth Edition, Concepts of Programming Languages introduces students to the main constructs of contemporary programming languages and provides the tools needed to critically evaluate existing and future programming languages. Readers gain a solid foundation for understanding the fundamental concepts of programming languages through the author's presentation of design issues for various language constructs, the examination of the design choices for these constructs in some of the most common languages, and critical comparison of the design alternatives. In addition, Sebesta strives to prepare the reader for the study of compiler design by providing an in-depth discussion of programming language structures, presenting a formal method of describing syntax, and introducing approaches to lexical and syntactic analysis.



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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written book, 10th edition, February 6, 2012
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Donald Hsu (NYC, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Concepts of Programming Languages (10th Edition) (Hardcover)
It covers different programming languages: Algol, Cobol, C++, C#, Fortran, Perl, Prolog, Python and its evaluation. Then it discussed lexical analysis, parsing, names, scope, array types, pointer, reference types, selection statements, subprograms, and dynamic scoping. Overall the book got good examples on the concept of programming languages.

The problem with this book is the continuity. It will be better if this book describes just three or four major programming languages and their conceptual designs.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars It's a Kindle Crasher - but I like it, February 23, 2013
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Jorge Ferrer (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Concepts of Programming Languages (10th Edition) (Kindle Edition)
I bought the Kindle edition of this book for school. Not having to carry a 1000+ page book around it's a delight, the reason why I bought it for the Kindle. However, the Kindle keeps crashing after a couple of minutes (if not seconds) of opening the book. None of the other books crash the Kindle, so it's not software related.

Aside from my Kindle (for PC) crashing shortly after opening this book, I find the book is well written for a very dense topic. It provides a historical perspective of programming languages. It also illustrates how a compiler looks at the code provided by the programmer, its manipulation, and it forces one to think in computer "terms".

There are moments where a second look at the material is necessary; however, this is attributed to the topic of the book.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars One of the few books you'll keep after you're done with your course., August 20, 2012
This review is from: Concepts of Programming Languages (10th Edition) (Hardcover)
My school is one of the few to offer a dedicated "Programming Languages" course. It's fairly rigorous, and we learn 4-5 new languages over the course of the semester.

I never thought I'd keep a book past when the class ended, but Concepts of Programming Languages was the first. It's supremely well-written, and in conjunction with a decent professor, you can learn a whole lot about how individual dialects and syntax are created. My professor took the approach of giving us 10 identical programming problems to solve for each language (Smalltalk (Squeak), Lisp (Scheme) , Prolog, Python) and Concepts had a lot of information for all of them.

In particular, if you're in love with your major etc. you'll enjoy the history of how programming languages have been developed and stuff. It's almost a footnote in the book and the author advises against spending too much time of it, but during my break after the fall I went back and checked it out.

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