Advanced Topics in Types and Programming Languages [Hardcover]

Benjamin C. Pierce (Editor)

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Publication Date: December 23, 2004

The study of type systems for programming languages now touches many areas of computer science, from language design and implementation to software engineering, network security, databases, and analysis of concurrent and distributed systems. This book offers accessible introductions to key ideas in the field, with contributions by experts on each topic.The topics covered include precise type analyses, which extend simple type systems to give them a better grip on the run time behavior of systems; type systems for low-level languages; applications of types to reasoning about computer programs; type theory as a framework for the design of sophisticated module systems; and advanced techniques in ML-style type inference.Advanced Topics in Types and Programming Languages builds on Benjamin Pierce's Types and Programming Languages (MIT Press, 2002); most of the chapters should be accessible to readers familiar with basic notations and techniques of operational semantics and type systems -- the material covered in the first half of the earlier book.Advanced Topics in Types and Programming Languages can be used in the classroom and as a resource for professionals. Most chapters include exercises, ranging in difficulty from quick comprehension checks to challenging extensions, many with solutions.

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Benjamin C. Pierce is Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

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• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 1 edition (December 23, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262162288
• ISBN-13: 978-0262162289
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mandatory text for researchers in programming languages, March 6, 2010

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This book, like its predecessor, TAPL, is a mandatory text for anyone doing research in programming languages. The chapters are each written by key researchers associated with the topics presented. As many of these topics do not have introductory treatment in the research literature or any other books, these chapters are often the best place to learn about these topics --- all of which appear frequently in modern PL research.