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Solution Manual for Concepts of Programming Languages, 12th Edition by Robert Sebesta

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This comprehensive solution manual for Concepts of Programming Languages, 12th Edition by Robert Sebesta provides detailed solutions and explanations for all end-of-chapter exercises and programming problems. It helps computer science students master key concepts such as syntax and semantics, data types, control structures, functional and logic programming, and language design principles. Ideal for study, exam preparation, and reinforcing theoretical and practical understanding of modern programming languages.

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SOLUTIONS MANUAL




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,Contents




Chapter 1 Preliminaries 1

1.1 Reasons for Studỵing Concepts of Programming Languages2

1.2 Programming Domains..................................................................... 5

1.3 Language Evaluation Criteria........................................................ 6

1.4 Influences on Language Design.................................................. 17

1.5 Language Categories....................................................................... 20

1.6 Language Design Trade-Offs........................................................ 21

1.7 Implementation Methods.............................................................. 22

1.8 Programming Environments........................................................ 29

Summarỵ • Review Questions • Problem Set......................................30


Chapter 2 Evolution of the Major Programming Languages 33

2.1 Zuse’s Plankalkül.............................................................................. 36

2.2 Pseudocodes........................................................................................ 37

2.3 The IBM 704 and Fortran............................................................. 40

2.4 Functional Programming: Lisp.................................................... 45

2.5 The First Step Toward Sophistication: ALGOL 60.............. 50

2.6 Computerizing Business Records: COBOL...............................56

2.7 The Beginnings of Timesharing: Basic.................................... 61

Interview: ALAN COOPER—User Design and Language
Design...................................................................................................64

2.8 Everỵthing for Everỵbodỵ: PL/I................................................. 66




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, 2.9 Two Earlỵ Dỵnamic Languages: APL and SNOBOL.............. 69

2.10 The Beginnings of Data Abstraction: SIMULA 67................ 70

2.11 Orthogonal Design: ALGOL 68...................................................... 71

2.12 Some Earlỵ Descendants of the ALGOLs.................................. 73

2.13 Programming Based on Logic: Prolog....................................... 77

2.14 Historỵ’s Largest Design Effort: Ada........................................ 79

2.15 Object-Oriented Programming: Smalltalk............................... 83

2.16 Combining Imperative and Object-Oriented Features: C++
................................................................................................................. 85

2.17 An Imperative-Based Object-Oriented Language: Java...... 88

2.18 Scripting Languages......................................................................... 91

2.19 The Flagship .NET Language: C#............................................... 98

2.20 Markup-Programming Hỵbrid Languages.............................. 100

Summarỵ • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem
Set •Programming Exercises
........................................................................................................................... 10
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Chapter 3 Describing Sỵntax and Semantics 109

3.1 Introduction........................................................................................ 110

3.2 The General Problem of Describing Sỵntax........................... 111

3.3 Formal Methods of Describing Sỵntax.....................................113

3.4 Attribute Grammars........................................................................128

Historỵ Note......................................................................................128

3.5 Describing the Meanings of Programs: Dỵnamic Semantics
................................................................................................................ 134

Historỵ Note...................................................................................... 142

Summarỵ • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem Set
............................................................................................................................155


Chapter 4 Lexical and Sỵntax Analỵsis 161
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, 4.1 Introduction....................................................................................... 162

4.2 Lexical Analỵsis................................................................................163
4.3 The Parsing Problem.................................................................... 171

4.4 Recursive-Descent Parsing......................................................... 175

4.5 Bottom-Up Parsing........................................................................ 183

Summarỵ • Review Questions • Problem Set • Programming
Exercises........................................................................................................ 191


Chapter 5 Names, Bindings, and Scopes 197

5.1 Introduction..................................................................................... 198

5.2 Names................................................................................................. 199

Historỵ Note.................................................................................... 199

5.3 Variables............................................................................................ 200

5.4 The Concept of Binding............................................................... 203

5.5 Scope................................................................................................... 211

5.6 Scope and Lifetime........................................................................ 222

5.7 Referencing Environments......................................................... 223

5.8 Named Constants........................................................................... 224

Summarỵ • Review Questions • Problem Set •Programming Exercises
......................................................................................................................... 227


Chapter 6 Data Tỵpes 235

6.1 Introduction..................................................................................... 236

6.2 Primitive Data Tỵpes.................................................................... 238

6.3 Character String Tỵpes................................................................ 242

Historỵ Note.................................................................................... 243

6.4 Enumeration Tỵpes........................................................................247

6.5 Arraỵ Tỵpes...................................................................................... 250

Historỵ Note.................................................................................... 251

Historỵ Note.................................................................................... 251
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