Concepts of Programming Languages

100 Chapter 2 Evolution of the Major Programming Languages Python includes support for concurrency with its threads, as well as ...

functional programming with extensibility as one of its primary goals. Among the languages that influenced its design are Scheme ...

102 Chapter 2 Evolution of the Major Programming Languages The purpose of C# is to provide a language for component-based softwa ...

convert values between the two systems—for example, to put a primitive value into a collection that stores objects. C# makes the ...

104 Chapter 2 Evolution of the Major Programming Languages intList[counter] = Int32.Parse(Console.readLine()); sum += intList[co ...

document,^21 using the transformations described in the XSLT document. The XSLT document specifies transformations by defining t ...

106 Chapter 2 Evolution of the Major Programming Languages container processes the JSTL parts of JSP documents in a way that is ...

REVIEW QUESTIONS In what year was Plankalkül designed? In what year was that design published? What two common data structures ...

108 Chapter 2 Evolution of the Major Programming Languages What user group was the target of the first version of BASIC? Why wa ...

What data structure does Python use in place of arrays? What characteristic does Ruby share with Smalltalk? What characteristic ...

110 Chapter 2 Evolution of the Major Programming Languages Outline the major motivation of IBM in developing PL/I. Was IBM’s as ...

PROGRAMMING EXERCISES To understand the value of records in a programming language, write a small program in a C-based language ...

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113 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The General Problem of Describing Syntax 3.3 Formal Methods of Describing Syntax 3.4 Attribute Grammars ...

114 Chapter 3 Describing Syntax and Semantics T his chapter covers the following topics. First, the terms syntax and seman- tics ...

The semantics of this statement form is that when the current value of the Boolean expression is true, the embedded statement is ...

116 Chapter 3 Describing Syntax and Semantics * mult_op count identifier + plus_op 17 int_literal ; semicolon The example langua ...

the compiler accepts it. On the other hand, it is often possible to determine whether the syntax of a particular statement is co ...

118 Chapter 3 Describing Syntax and Semantics ALGOL 60 (Naur, 1960). This revised method of syntax description became known as B ...

the symbol|, meaning logical OR. For example, a Java if statement can be described with the rules → if ( ) → if ( ) else ...