Concepts of Programming Languages

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sebesta, Robert W.
Concepts of programming languages / Robert W. Sebesta.—10th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-13-139531-2 (alk. paper)

1. Programming languages (Electronic computers) I. Title.
   QA76.7.S43 2009
   005.13—dc22 2008055702

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

ISBN 10: 0-13-139531-

ISBN 13: 978-0-13-139531-