A presentation of the formal underpinnings of object-oriented programming languages.
In recent years, object-oriented programming has emerged as the dominant computer programming style, and object-oriented languages such as C++ and Java enjoy wide use in academia and industry. This text explores the formal underpinnings of object-oriented languages to help the reader understand the fundamental concepts of these languages and the design decisions behind them. The text begins by analyzing existing object-oriented languages, paying special attention to their type systems and impediments to expressiveness. It then examines two key features- subtypes and subclasses. After a brief introduction to the lambda calculus, it presents a prototypical object-oriented language, SOOL, with a simple type system similar to those of class-based object-oriented languages in common use. The text offers proof that the type system is sound by showing that the semantics preserves typing information. It concludes with a discussion of desirable features, such as parametric polymorphism and a MyType construct, that are not yet included in most statically typed object-oriented languages.
By:
Kim B. Bruce Imprint: MIT Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 203mm,
Spine: 32mm
Weight: 930g ISBN:9780262525732 ISBN 10: 0262525739 Series:Foundations of Object-Oriented Languages Pages: 406 Publication Date:01 March 2002 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Kim B. Bruce is Frederick Latimer Wells Professor of Computer Science at Williams College.