02170nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141040002400170050002400194082001500218100002900233245009200262264005200354300005900406336002600465337002600491338003600517500007300553520105600626650004901682776003501731856007101766999001901837CR9781139342131UkCbUP20180107143410.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120224s2012||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139342131 (ebook)  z9781107029576 (hardback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aQA76.7 b.H377 201300a005.132231 aHarper, Robert,eauthor.10aPractical Foundations for Programming Languages / [electronic resource]cRobert Harper. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource (487 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aTypes are the central organizing principle of the theory of programming languages. In this innovative book, Professor Robert Harper offers a fresh perspective on the fundamentals of these languages through the use of type theory. Whereas most textbooks on the subject emphasize taxonomy, Harper instead emphasizes genetics, examining the building blocks from which all programming languages are constructed. Language features are manifestations of type structure. The syntax of a language is governed by the constructs that define its types, and its semantics is determined by the interactions among those constructs. The soundness of a language design – the absence of ill-defined programs – follows naturally. Professor Harper's presentation is simultaneously rigorous and intuitive, relying on elementary mathematics. The framework he outlines scales easily to a rich variety of language concepts and is directly applicable to their implementation. The result is a lucid introduction to programming theory that is both accessible and practical. 0aProgramming languages (Electronic computers)08iPrint version: z978110702957640uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139342131zCambridge Books Online  c236384d236384