The Interpretation of Object-Oriented Programming Languages [Hardcover]

Iain Craig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 26, 2000 | ISBN-10: 1852331593 | ISBN-13: 978-1852331597 | Edition: 1

While there are many books on particular languages, especially C++ and Java, they tend to concentrate on how to program using that language and their treatment of the semantics is highly languages-specific. A more wide-ranging comparison of the various languages and their underlying concepts is lacking. The Interpretation of Object-Oriented Programming Languages attempts to provides a comprehensive treatment of the main approaches to object-oriented languages, including:- class-based, prototype, and actor languages.
This book will be useful for final year undergraduates/first year postgraduates studying object-oriented programming, as well as research students and others requiring a detailed account of object-oriented programming languages and their central concepts.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 254 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (April 26, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852331593
• ISBN-13: 978-1852331597
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,004,620 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #84 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > Compilers

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this excellent book!!!, September 19, 2008

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This review is from: The Interpretation of Object-Oriented Programming Languages (Paperback)

This book has been republished under a different title:

Object-Oriented Programming Languages: Interpretation (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

This is an EXCELLENT read, but I wish I hadn't blown an extra $70!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting overview but needs additional editing., November 30, 2001

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Aaron Keen "aaroneous" (Atascadero, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Interpretation of Object-Oriented Programming Languages (Hardcover)

This books gives an interesting overview of the concepts relating to object-oriented languages. Of particular interest are the discussion of prototype-based languages and the, albeit brief, discussion of reflection.

The text, however, truly requires additional editing. Problems with the text range from the simply annoying (typos, repeated words, and incomplete sentence revisions) to the severely distressing (incorrect statements and contradictions).

Though not a serious limitation, the book lacks code examples for the languages discussed. This is understandable since the focus is on concepts, but the book claims to be targeted, in part, at advanced undergraduates. I believe that code examples would be of great aid to such students if this book were used in a course. In addition, I believe that some reorganization of the material would help the presentation.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good survey of OO languages and their implementations, July 23, 2001

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J. Stephen Riley Silber "jsrs" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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I especially like the third chapter, on prototype-based languages. About time someone paid attention to those!

This book is a good survey of the implementations and reasoning behind a variety of object-oriented languages (and languages confused for OO). There's a whole lot more out there than the mongrel OO implemenations of Java and C++, and this book covers it!

If you are at all interested in OO languages in theory, check this book out! Incidentally, this is a great book in conjunction with "Programming Language Pragmatics", by Michael L. Scott (also highly recommended!).