Books

Books : reviews

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William Findlay, David A. Watt. Pascal: an Introduction to Methodical Programming: 2nd edition. Pitman. 1982

 

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David A. Watt. Programming Language Concepts and Paradigms. Prentice Hall. 1990

Rating: 3
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An excellent introduction to the concepts underlying the major programming paradigms.

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David A. Watt. Programming Language Syntax and Semantics. Prentice Hall. 1991

 

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David A. Watt. Programming Language Processors. Prentice Hall. 1993

Rating: 2.5
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A very clear introduction to implementing programming languages, that covers parsing, code generation, and interpretation. One of the books I used while I was developing the Demonstrably Correct Compiler.

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David A. Watt. Programming Language Design Concepts. Wiley. 2004