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Programming Language Pragmatics Paperback – January 1, 1999

by SCOTT MICHAEL L. (Author)

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January 1, 1999
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7.48 x 1.57 x 9.25 inches
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9781558605787
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1558605789
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Morgan Kaufmann; 2000th edition (January 1, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 700 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781558605787
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1558605787
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.13 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.48 x 1.57 x 9.25 inches

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Lars Tackmann

Outstanding introduction to programming languages and their compilers

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2006

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Over the years the Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition) (also knwon as the dragon book) has become the de facto standard for introducing compilers and related topics at universities. This is very unfortunate because "Programming Language Pragmatics" is in a completely different league and should be the one used instead. It gives the student (or the self taught) a complete and through overview of parsing, grammar, automata theory and other key language constructs. What really differentiates this book from others (and most notably the (in)famous "Dragon Book") is that it does so in a easy to understand manner and with lots of well written examples.

Many people find compiler and language theory to be dark magic, and it would be wrong not to acknowledge that these subjects are considerably harder than say creating a web page in PHP or writing a small Java/C# program. But much of the confusion also stems from the long history of porly written books which all have lacked explaining key areas or assumed that the readers just know some obscure CS topics beforehand. This book does not travel down that road, it is well written, contains both simple and advanced examples and is simply a delightful read.

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Michael Sullivan

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2015

Great book!

Required for every Compiler Engineer

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2005

This is must read for every compiler engineer.

This book is 800+ pages of theory behind language design and processing of languages.

Altought it is very theoretical, it's very easy to read and well written and a pleasure to read. There are a lot of examples/figures/tables etc to explain things. I recommend people which are totally new to language design/compiler design to first read an introduction text. I can really recommend 'programming language processors in java' from Watt and Brown. This is a really good book.

The title of the book suggest that this book will only cover Language Design. In reality chapter 2, 3,4 and 5 covers in depth resp. Syntax checking (parsing), Names/Scope/Binding, Semantic Analysis and processor architecture.

Beside in depth analysis of language design (e.g. OO-, functional-, imperative- and logical-languages) it gives some practical implementation advice/tips. E.g. there are only a few compilerbooks which seriously talks about the different parsing error recovery techniques. This book explain some different recovery methods. Probably error recovery is not scientific enough for the other books, but for a compiler user error recovery is really important.

A last tip: this book comes in 2 editions: a paperback and hardcover edition. If you want to save some money buy the paperback.

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Yuanchyuan Sheu

Excellent book, but will not do the intended job

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2009

I enjoy the book very much. The author gives an over all introduction to the basics of the programming languages. It does not, however, dig deep into any specific area. To master in a specialized subject, one will have to seek help from other books.

As the author has stated, to learn all the subjects the book is covering, one will have to spend years (taking different courses in computer science). This book has include all the material to give an overall view of the big picture and the students are suppose to learn the material in 2 semesters.

I personally tend to think that the book is better suited for the experienced programmer for the reviewing purposes. Students that never have real world experience probably will feel the book to be very dry.

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Cher-Wah Tan

Tough Topic - Crystal Clear Explanation

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2001

I have always enjoyed reading programming-language and compiler books and most of them are quite tough on a first-read.
Programming Language Pragmatics is one huge exception. None of the books I have read come close to the clarity that this book exhibits. On many occassions, the choice of words and presentation in this book has made me go 'Wow, I thought I already knew this stuff...'
Besides core topics, it has interesting discussion like concurrency, data-abstraction (object-oriented) and non-imperative programming models (functional and logic).
TOC (with my comments)
Ch. 1 Introduction
Ch. 2 Programming Language Syntax (theory of Regular Expression, Context-Free Grammars, Automata etc)
Ch. 3 Names, Scopes, and Bindings (binding, scope rules, closures etc)
Ch. 4 Semantic Analysis (attribute grammars, attribute flow, syntax tree etc)
Ch. 5 Assembly-Level Computer Architecture (keeping the pipeline full, register allocation etc)
Ch. 6 Control Flow
(expression evaluation, iteration, recursion, nondeterminacy etc)
Ch. 7 Data Types (type checking, pointers and recursive types etc)
Ch. 8 Subroutines and Control Abstraction (stack layout, calling sequences, parameter passing etc)
Ch. 9 Building a Runnable Program (back-end compiler structure, intermediate forms etc)
Ch. 10 Data Abstraction and Object Orientation (encapsulation, inheritance, dynamic method binding, multiple inheritance, the object model of smalltalk)
Ch. 11 Nonimperative Programming Models: Functional and Logic Languages
Ch. 12 Concurrency (shared memory, message passing etc)
Ch. 13 Code Improvement (peephole, redundancy elimination, data flow analysis, loop improvement, instruction scheduling, register allocation etc)
App. A Programming Languages Mentioned
App. B Language Design and Language Implementation
This is a very impressive book; truly one of my best investments in books so far.

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sameer borate

The best book to learn computer language fundamentals

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2004

Scott is a marvelous teacher. The book covers everything from language syntax to functional programming with ease and depth. The study of programming languages though skipped by most programmers is an essential element if you want to be a better programmer.

The exercises given at the end of chapters are excellent and will reinforce your understanding. At a time when programming languages are proliferating at an amazing rate, it is essential you know how to compare the various aspects of different languages and choose the one most suitable for your work. Studying this will help you in that endeavour.

Get this book, but better read it.

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Steve Graegert

A tremendous book for serious software professionals

Reviewed in Germany on June 2, 2005

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This book is the missing link between a hardware architecture manual and a compiler writers guide. You will gain deep knowledge about compiler theoretics (i.e. parsing techniques, language desing, etc.) and learn how programs will be interpreted on the machine level. Application and system developers will find the chapters and sections on data type conversion, type checking and the impact of memory layout extremely useful. While linking and loading is usually seen as somewhat obscure process, chapter 9 "Building a Runnable Programm" describes this important topic in a concise manner and clarifies a lot of widely spread misconceptions that can be encountered even amoung experienced professionals. Finally the book closes with a thorough description of concurrency, providing loads of background information and digging into the internal secrets of shared memory implementations, message passing and threads.
As a systems programmer for distributed systems feeling at home in both worlds, Microsoft and Unix, I found this book indispensable. It's worth every penny.

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