Programming Languages

An Active Learning Approach

By: Kent D. Lee

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Hardcover | 8 September 2008

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Programming Languages: An Active Learning Approach introduces students to three programming paradigms: object-oriented/imperative languages using C++ and Ruby, functional languages using Standard ML, and logic programming using Prolog. This interactive textbook is intended to be used in and outside of class. Each chapter follows a pattern of presenting a topic followed by a practice exercise or exercises that encourage students to try what they have just read. This textbook is best-suited for students with a 2-3 course introduction to imperative programming.

Key Features: (1) Accessible structure guides the student through various programming languages. (2) Seamlessly integrated practice exercises. (3) Classroom-tested. (4) Online support materials.

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"The Programming Languages book market is overflowing with books, but none like this. In many ways, it is precisely the book I have been searching for to use in my own programming languages course. One of the main challenges I perpetually face is how to teach students to program in functional and logical languages, but also how to teach them about compilers. This book melds the two approaches very well." -- David Musicant, Carleton College

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"This is a very nice textbook. ... 'An active learning approach' gives a true picture of the style of presentation of the material. Each chapter ends with a list of problems to be solved ... and with references to further reading. There is a web page of the book ... offering supplementary material for students and teachers. The book is beneficial for self-study, too. It starts with an interesting concise survey of computers and computation history, mentioning the influence of mathematics on programming ... ." (Antonin Riha, Zentrablatt MATH, Vol. 1153, 2009)

"This is an excellent undergraduate-level textbook for courses devoted to understanding programming language concepts ... . exercises with solutions allow the student work either individually or in a collaborative group. ... the text will permit instructors to use any class time for problem solution, discussion, and collaborative learning, including writing codes. ... highly recommended to those teaching undergraduate programming language courses, and as a self directed study guide for professionals who wish to enhance their understanding of some of the newer languages ... ." (E. A. Unger, ACM Computing Reviews, March, 2009)

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Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Historical Perspective	p. 2
Models of Computation	p. 4
The Origins of a Few Programming Languages	p. 7
Language Implementation	p. 12
Where do we go from here?	p. 17
Exercises	p. 18
Solutions to Practice Problems	p. 19
Additional Reading	p. 20
Specifying Syntax	p. 21
Terminology	p. 21
Backus Naur Form (BNF)	p. 23
The EWE Language	p. 24
Context-Free Grammars	p. 28
Derivations	p. 29
Parse Trees	p. 30
Parsing	p. 31
Parser Generators	p. 32
Bottom-Up Parsers	p. 33
Top-Down Parsers	p. 33
Other Forms of Grammars	p. 33
Abstract Syntax Trees	p. 37
Infix, Postfix, and Prefix Expressions	p. 38
Limitations of Syntactic Definitions	p. 38
Exercises	p. 40
Solutions to Practice Problems	p. 41
Additional Reading	p. 46
Object-Oriented Programming with C++	p. 47
Application Development	p. 48
The Token Class	p. 55
Implementing a Class	p. 57
Inheritance and Polymorphism	p. 59
A Historical Look at Parameter Passing	p. 62
Const in C++	p. 67
The AST Classes	p. 70
The Scanner	p. 73
The Parser	p. 75
Putting It All Together	p. 81
Exercises	p. 84
Solutions to Practice Problems	p. 87
Additional Reading	p. 90
Object-Oriented Programming with Ruby	p. 91
Designing Calc	p. 93
The Token Class	p. 94
Parameter Passing in Ruby vs C++	p. 95
Accessor and Mutator methods in Ruby	p. 96
Inheritance	p. 97
The AST Classes	p. 97
Polymorphism in Ruby	p. 100
The Scanner	p. 102
The Parser	p. 103
Putting It All Together	p. 107
Static vs Dynamic Type Checking	p. 109
Exercises	p. 112
Solutions to Practice Problems	p. 114
Additional Reading	p. 116
Functional Programming in Standard ML	p. 117
Imperative vs Functional Programming	p. 118
The Lambda Calculus	p. 119
Getting Started with Standard ML	p. 122
Expressions, Types, Structures, and Functions	p. 123
Recursive Functions	p. 125
Characters, Strings, and Lists	p. 127
Pattern Matching	p. 129
Tuples	p. 130
Let Expressions and Scope	p. 131
Datatypes	p. 133
Parameter Passing in Standard ML	p. 136
Efficiency of Recursion	p. 136
Tail Recursion	p. 138
Currying	p. 140
Anonymous Functions	p. 141
Higher-Order Functions	p. 142
Continuation Passing Style	p. 148
Input and Output	p. 149
Programming with Side-effects	p. 150
Exception Handling	p. 152
Encapsulation in ML	p. 153
Type Inference	p. 155
Exercises	p. 158
Solutions to Practice Problems	p. 161
Additional Reading	p. 168
Language Implementation in Standard ML	p. 169
Using ML-lex	p. 170
The Calculator Abstract Syntax Definition	p. 172
Using ML-yacc	p. 173
Code Generation	p. 175
Compiling in Standard ML	p. 179
Extending the Language	p. 181
Let Expressions	p. 182
Defining Scope in Block Structured Languages	p. 185
If-Then-Else Expressions	p. 186
Functions in a Block-Structured Language	p. 188
Sequential Execution	p. 195
Exercises	p. 197
Solutions to Practice Problems	p. 199
Additional Reading	p. 202
Logic Programming	p. 203
Getting Started with Prolog	p. 205
Fundamentals	p. 206
Lists	p. 208
Built-in Predicates	p. 211
Unification and Arithmetic	p. 211
Input and Output	p. 212
Structures	p. 213
Parsing in Prolog	p. 215
Prolog Grammar Rules	p. 220
Exercises	p. 222
Solutions to Practice Problems	p. 223
Additional Reading	p. 225
Formal Semantics	p. 227
Attribute Grammars	p. 229
Axiomatic Semantics	p. 232
Action Semantics	p. 234
Exercises	p. 245
Solutions to Practice Problems	p. 246
Additional Reading	p. 246
The C++ Scanner Class Implementation	p. 247
The Ruby Scanner Class Implementation	p. 251
Standard ML Basis Library	p. 255
The Bool Structure	p. 255
The Int Structure	p. 255
The Real Structure	p. 256
The Char Structure	p. 258
The String Structure	p. 259
The List Structure	p. 259
The TextIO Structure	p. 260
SML Calculator Compiler	p. 263
The Factorial Program's Code	p. 267
Small Action Semantic Description	p. 271
References	p. 277
Index	p. 279
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