Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation

Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation - This book is the primary text for Brown University’s course cs173. This course is intended for junior and senior (3rd and 4th year) undergraduates, as well as beginning graduate students. In practice, the course enrollment includes some outstanding sophomores as well as advanced graduate students. The course and book are my attempt to synthesize two conflicting traditions of teaching programming languages: through interpreters and by survey.