100% satisfaction guarantee Immediately available after payment Both online and in PDF No strings attached 4.6 TrustPilot
logo-home
Exam (elaborations)

Solution Manual for Concepts of Programming Languages, Global Edition 12th Edition by Robert Sebesta |ISBN: 9781292436821| Guide A+

Rating
-
Sold
-
Pages
53
Grade
A+
Uploaded on
19-11-2025
Written in
2025/2026

Solution Manual for Concepts of Programming Languages, Global Edition 12th Edition by Robert Sebesta |ISBN: 9781292436821| Guide A+

Institution
Concepts Of Programming Languages
Course
Concepts of Programming Languages











Whoops! We can’t load your doc right now. Try again or contact support.

Written for

Institution
Concepts of Programming Languages
Course
Concepts of Programming Languages

Document information

Uploaded on
November 19, 2025
Number of pages
53
Written in
2025/2026
Type
Exam (elaborations)
Contains
Questions & answers

Content preview

@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES




SOLUTION MANUAL
Concepts of Programming Languages, 12th edition

(GLOBAL EDITION) by Robert W. Sebesta
JN
U
R
SE




1

,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES




Contents



Chapter 1 Preliminaries 1

1.1 Reasons for Studying Concepts of Programming Languages ..................... 2

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

1.3 Language Evaluation Criteria .................................................................... 6
JN
1.4 Influences on Language Design ............................................................... 17

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

1.6 Language Design Trade-Offs ................................................................... 21
U
1.7 Implementation Methods ......................................................................... 22

1.8 Programming Environments .................................................................... 29
R
Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set ....................................................... 30
SE
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 Everything for Everybody: PL/I ............................................................... 66




2

,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES




2.9 Two Early Dynamic 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 Early Descendants of the ALGOLs ................................................ 73

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

2.14 History’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
JN
2.19 The Flagship .NET Language: C# ............................................................ 98

2.20 Markup-Programming Hybrid Languages .............................................. 100

Summary • Bibliographic Notes • Review Questions • Problem Set •Programming
U
Exercises ........................................................................................................... 102
R
Chapter 3 Describing Syntax and Semantics 109

3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 110
SE
3.2 The General Problem of Describing Syntax ........................................... 111

3.3 Formal Methods of Describing Syntax ................................................... 113

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

History Note ....................................................................................................................................... 128


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

History Note ....................................................................................................................................... 142


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


Chapter 4 Lexical and Syntax Analysis 161

4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 162

4.2 Lexical Analysis .................................................................................... 163


3

, @PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES




4.3 The Parsing Problem ............................................................................. 171

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

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

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


Chapter 5 Names, Bindings, and Scopes 197

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

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

History Note ....................................................................................................................................... 199


5.3 Variables................................................................................................ 200
JN
5.4 The Concept of Binding ......................................................................... 203

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

5.6 Scope and Lifetime ................................................................................ 222
U
5.7 Referencing Environments ..................................................................... 223

5.8 Named Constants ................................................................................... 224
R
Summary • Review Questions • Problem Set •Programming Exercises ............. 227
SE
Chapter 6 Data Types 235

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

6.2 Primitive Data Types ............................................................................. 238

6.3 Character String Types........................................................................... 242

History Note ....................................................................................................................................... 243


6.4 Enumeration Types ................................................................................ 247

6.5 Array Types ........................................................................................... 250

History Note ....................................................................................................................................... 251


History Note ....................................................................................................................................... 251


6.6 Associative Arrays ................................................................................. 261

Interview: ROBERTO IERUSALIMSCHY—Lua ............................................ 262


4

Get to know the seller

Seller avatar
Reputation scores are based on the amount of documents a seller has sold for a fee and the reviews they have received for those documents. There are three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The better the reputation, the more your can rely on the quality of the sellers work.
JNURSE Chamberlain College Of Nursing
View profile
Follow You need to be logged in order to follow users or courses
Sold
202
Member since
2 year
Number of followers
70
Documents
996
Last sold
3 days ago
JNurse Libraries: Your Digital, Reliable and Excellent Nursing Partner

Welcome to JNURSE! The place to find the best study materials for various subjects. You can be assured that you will receive only the best which will help you to ace your exams. All the materials posted are A+ Graded. Please rate and write a review after using my materials. Your reviews will motivate me to add more materials. Thank you very much!

4.2

23 reviews

5
16
4
1
3
2
2
3
1
1

Recently viewed by you

Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Quality you can trust: written by students who passed their tests and reviewed by others who've used these notes.

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

No worries! You can instantly pick a different document that better fits what you're looking for.

Pay as you like, start learning right away

No subscription, no commitments. Pay the way you're used to via credit card and download your PDF document instantly.

Student with book image

“Bought, downloaded, and aced it. It really can be that simple.”

Alisha Student

Frequently asked questions