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For undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this textbook explains and examines the central concepts used in modern programming languages, such as functions, types, memory management, and control. The book is unique in its comprehensive presentation and comparison of major object-oriented programming languages. Separate chapters examine the history of objects, Simula and Smalltalk, and the prominent languages C++ and Java. The author presents...

Given the proliferation of computers and computer-related products, it is difficult to realize that the computer's history is, in fact, a very short one. René Moreau, Director of Scientific Development, IBM France, traces the evolution of the computer from its earliest stored-program stages in the 1940s to the introduction of the IBM 360 Series in 1963. Written for the nonspecialist, his book defines, explains, and dates those first formulations...

"This specially prepared work compromises a living archive of important programming languages, described by the people most instrumental in their creation and development. Drawn from the ACM/SIGPLAN Second History of Programming Languages Conference, this volume, like the earlier book from the first such conference (HOPL), conveys the motivations of the language designers and the reasons why they rejected existing languages and created new ones. The...

"Regular Expression Pocket Reference contains a quick introduction to regular expression concepts, along with reference sections for the most common and powerful regex implementations. No more puzzling through cryptic or disorganized manual pages! This book contains reference tables and guidelines for using regular expressions in Perl, Java, Python, .NET, C#, PHP, the PCRE library, JavaScript, and various shell tools (vi, awk, egrep, and sed)." "As...

Perl Cookbook is a comprehensive collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for anyone programming in Perl. The first edition of Perl Cookbook was published in 1998 to universal acclaim. It quickly became known not only as one of the best books on Perl, but also as one of the best programming books for any language. With Perl Cookbook, a new type of programming book had been invented: not just a collection of tips and tricks, but a...

"The book addresses a sorely missing set of considerations in the real world ... This is a very timely book."--Peter Herzum, author of Business Component Factory and CEO of Herzum Software XML is a tremendous enabler for platform agnostic data and metadata exchanges. However, there are no clear processes and techniques specifically focused on the engineering of XML structures to support reuse and integration simplicity, which are of particular importance...

In this latest revision, readers will find "Java in a Nutshell," 5th Edition, does more than just cover the extensive changes implicit in 5.0, the newest version of Java. It's undergone a complete makeover---in scope, size, and type of coverage---in order to more closely meet the needs of the modern Java programmer. To wit, "Java in a Nutshell," 5th Edition now places less emphasis on coming to Java from C and C++, and adds more discussion on tools...