Table of Contents

Part I Foundations1. Introduction 2. Programming Language Syntax3. Names, Scopes, and Bindings4. Semantic Analysis5. Target Machine ArchitecturePart II Core Issues in Language Design6. Control Flow 7. Data Types 8. Subroutines and Control Abstraction 9. Data Abstraction and Object Orientation Part III Alternative Programming Models 10. Functional Languages 11. Logic Languages 12. Concurrency13. ScriptingPart IV A Closer Look at Implementation 14. Building a Runnable Program 15. Code ImprovementAppendix A. Programming Languages MentionedAppendix B. Language Design and Language ImplementationAppendix C. Numbered ExamplesBibliographyIndex

About the Author

Michael L. Scott is a professor and past Chair of the Computer Science Department at the University of Rochester. He is best known for work on synchronization and concurrent data structures: algorithms from his group appear in a wide variety of commercial and open-source systems. A Fellow of the ACM and the IEEE, he shared the 2006 Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing. In 2001 he received the University's Robert and Pamela Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching.