TY - GEN AU - Tucker,Allen B. TI - Programming languages : : principles and paradigms SN - 0071254390 U1 - 005.13 PY - 2007/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill Higher Education KW - Programming languages KW - Computers - Languages N1 - PB N2 - Tucker and Noonan's new approach emphasizes a thorough, hands-on treatment of key issues in programming language design, providing a balanced mix of explanation and experimentation. Opening chapters present the fundamental principals of programming languages, while optional companion chapters provide implementation-based, hands-on experience that delves even deeper. This edition also includes a greatly expanded treatment of the four major programming paradigms, incorporating a number of the most current languages such as Perl and Python. Special topics presented include event-handling, concurrency, and an all-new chapter on correctness. Overall, this edition provides both broad and deep coverage of language design principles and the major paradigms, allowing users the flexibility of choosing what topics to emphasize ER -