Michael L. Scott
overview
Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition is the most comprehensive programming language textbook available today. It is distinguished and acclaimed for its integrated treatment of language design and implementation, with an emphasis on integration that is supported by a central focus on programming language design.
The book provides readers with a solid foundation for understanding the most important issues driving software development today, and this latest edition is complete with new material and numerous updates, including added content on interpretation, expanded coverage of OCaml, new chapters devoted to type systems and composite types, reworked coverage of overloading, coercion, and polymorphism, and new examples featuring the ARM and x86 64-bit architectures.
Provides new material on interpretation, including expanded coverage of OCaml
Contains new material on interpretation, expanded coverage of OCaml, new chapters devoted to type systems and composite types, reworked coverage of overloading, coercion, and polymorphism
New chapters are devoted to type systems and composite types
Includes updated and re-worked coverage of overloading, coercion, and polymorphism
Presents new examples featuring the ARM and x86 64-bit architectures