Comparative Programming Languages (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Robert G. Clark (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0201710129 | ISBN-13: 978-0201710120 | Publication Date: November 16, 2000 | Edition: 3

Comparative Programming Languages identifies and explains the essential concepts underlying the design and use of programming languages and provides a good balance of theory and practice. The author compares how the major languages handle issues such as declarations, types, data abstraction, information hiding, modularity and the support given to the development of reliable software systems. The emphasis is on the similarities between languages rather than their differences. The book primarily covers modern, widely-used object-oriented and procedural languages such as C, C++, Java, Pascal (including its implementation in Delphi), Ada 95, and Perl with special chapters being devoted to functional and logic languages. The new edition has been brought fully up to date with new developments in the field: the increase in the use of object-oriented languages as a student's first language; the growth in importance of graphical user interfaces (GUIs); and the widespread use of the Internet.

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This book identifies and explains the essential concepts underlying the design and use of programming languages and provides a good balance of theory and practice. The author compares how the major languages handle issues such as declarations, types, data abstraction, information hiding, modularity, and the support given to the development of reliable software systems. The emphasis is on the similarities, rather than the differences, between languages, and primarily covers modern, widely used object-oriented and procedural languages such as Java, C++, C, Pascal (including its implementation in Delphi), Ada 95, and Perl, with special chapters being devoted to functional and logic languages. The new edition has been brought fully up to date with new developments in the field: the increase in the use of OO languages as a programmer's first language; the growth in importance of graphical user interfaces (GUIs); and the widespread use of the Internet. This book is suitable for readers with a Java or procedural-language background who want to get into the theory of programming-language development and utilization. /*@ISBN = 0-201-71012-9 @MAINCAT = Programming Languages @DATALINE1 = 2001, 384 pages, 7 1/4 x 9 1/8 @DATALINE2 = Paper, $50.00k*/

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 3 edition (November 16, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201710129
• ISBN-13: 978-0201710120
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #767,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It is a rich book for an undergraduate course., November 25, 1998

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This review is from: Comparative Programming Languages (International Computer Science Series) (Hardcover)

I am a lecturer, and I am using this book as a text for my comparative languages course (CS316). I found this book rich of information and very suitable for our course. But if I want to comment on the contencts, I guess some of the material needs to be reorganized. Some of sudents feel that there is a missing link between the subjects within the chapter.

I hope we can find the new edition soon. Where it must contain the concepts of the new languages such as Java.

All the best, Qasem Al-Radaideh; Yarmouk University; Jordan.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book used for IST 240 Class, April 28, 2002

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Lacy Reedich (Halifax, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Comparative Programming Languages (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Good book to get the general knowledge of how computer languages are formed throughout the years.