Programming Language Implementation
eBook - PDF

Programming Language Implementation

A Practical Introduction with Python

  1. 408 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Programming Language Implementation

A Practical Introduction with Python

About this book

The approach to implementing programming languages has shifted noticeably over the past two decades. The success of Java, with its virtual-machine approach, has paved the way for alternative methods of implementing mainstream languages, diverging from traditional machine-language targeted compilation. Since then, many successful modern programming languages such as JavaScript, Ruby, and Python have offered alternative implementation techniques such as incremental interpreters, virtual machines, and just-in-time compilers.

The rise of domain-specific languages, sometimes called "little languages," has likewise been influenced and supported by this shift. Domain-specific languages can solve problems in specific problem areas within their specialized domains, unlike general-purpose languages such as Python or C++, which solve problems in a wide spectrum of domains.

In this book we explore the various techniques and perspectives brought about by this shift in programming language implementation. We particularly focus on domain-specific languages, which rarely use full-blown compilers for implementation in favor of an interpretation or virtual-machine approach.

  • A "from day one" approach gets students started with implementing programming languages right away.
  • Small, realistic languages are used to cover interpretation, virtual machines, and compilers.
  • Implementation is "from scratch," so all steps are transparent and accessible to the student.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781590282946
Edition
0
Topic
Computer Science
Index
Computer Science

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. PREFACE
  3. CHAPTER 1: PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND THEIR PROCESSORS
  4. CHAPTER 2: PARSING AND LEXING
  5. CHAPTER 3: SYNTAX-DIRECTED PROCESSING
  6. CHAPTER 4: INTERPRETATION WITH INTERMEDIATE REPRESENTATIONS
  7. CHAPTER 5: TREE-BASED INTERMEDIATE REPRESENTATIONS
  8. CHAPTER 6: COMPILERS
  9. CHAPTER 7: SYMBOL TABLES AND SCOPE
  10. CHAPTER 8: FUNCTIONS
  11. CHAPTER 9: FUNCTION CALLS ON REAL AND VIRTUAL MACHINES
  12. CHAPTER 10: COMPILING FOR REAL MACHINES
  13. CHAPTER 11: TYPE SYSTEMS
  14. CHAPTER 12: STRUCTURED DATA TYPES
  15. CHAPTER 13: PARSER GENERATORS
  16. CHAPTER 14: LLVM: A COMPILER BACK-END FRAMEWORK
  17. APPENDIX: AN ONTOLOGY OF OUR LANGUAGES
  18. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  19. INDEX

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