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Types are the central organizing principle of the theory of programming languages. In this innovative book, Professor Robert Harper offers a fresh perspective on the fundamentals of these languages through the use of type theory. Whereas most textbooks on the subject emphasize taxonomy, Harper instead emphasizes genetics, examining the building blocks from which all programming languages are constructed. Language features are manifestations of type structure. The syntax of a language is governed by the constructs that define its types, and its semantics is determined by the interactions among those constructs. The soundness of a language design - the absence of ill-defined programs - follows naturally. Professor Harper's presentation is simultaneously rigorous and intuitive, relying on elementary mathematics. The framework he outlines scales easily to a rich variety of language concepts and is directly applicable to their implementation. The result is a lucid introduction to programming theory that is both accessible and practical.

Programming languages (Electronic computers). --- Computers --- Programming Languages --- General. --- Programming languages (Electronic computers) --- COMPUTERS / Programming Languages / General --- 681.3*D33 --- 681.3*D3 --- 681.3*F33 --- 681.3*F3 --- 681.3*F3 Logics and meanings of programs (Theory of computation) --- Logics and meanings of programs (Theory of computation) --- 681.3*D3 Programming languages --- Programming languages --- 681.3*D33 Languages constructs: abstract data types; concurrent programming structures;control structures; coroutines (Programming languages) --- Languages constructs: abstract data types; concurrent programming structures;control structures; coroutines (Programming languages) --- Computer languages --- Computer program languages --- Computer programming languages --- Machine language --- Electronic data processing --- Languages, Artificial --- 681.3*F33 Studies of program constructs: control primitives; functional constructs; program and recursion schemes; type structure (Logics and meanings of programs)-- See also {681.3*D32}; {681.3*D33} --- Studies of program constructs: control primitives; functional constructs; program and recursion schemes; type structure (Logics and meanings of programs)-- See also {681.3*D32}; {681.3*D33}