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Concepts of Programming Languages, 11th edition Paperback – January 1, 2019

by Robert W. Sebesta (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars (56)
"Concepts of Programming Languages "is ideal for undergraduate students in Computer Science and Computer Programming courses. It is an ideal reference encapsulating the history and future of programming languages. Now in its Ninth Edition, "Concepts of Programming Languages "introduces students to the main constructs of contemporary programming languages and provides the tools needed to critically evaluate existing and future programming languages. Readers gain a solid foundation for understanding the fundamental concepts of programming languages through the author's presentation of design issues for various language constructs, the examination of the design choices for these constructs in some of the most common languages, and critical comparison of the design alternatives. In addition, Sebesta strives to prepare the reader for the study of compiler design by providing an in-depth discussion of programming language structures, presenting a formal method of describing syntax, and introducing approaches to lexical and syntactic analysis.
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    PEARSON INDIA
  3. Publication date
    January 1, 2019
  4. Dimensions
    7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    9353438896
  6. ISBN-13
    978-9353438890
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ PEARSON INDIA
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2019
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 11th
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9353438896
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9353438890
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #11,612,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars (56)

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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  • G Bullet
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2015
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    The game arrived in excellent condition.
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  • Rob Hadz
    3.0 out of 5 stars Tons of errors
    Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2019
    I've found three errors so far and I'm not even on chapter 5 yet:

    page 124: The author claims that the parse tree at the top of figure 3.5 is the one that would have the else clause executed when done is not true. This is false. It is the bottom tree.

    Two errors on page 185:

    The author writes: "if these two definitions are compared carefully, it is clear that they differ only in the last derivation specification." No, actually, you wrote the exact same definition for "simple phrase" as you wrote for "phrase." There wasn't any change at all.

    Then on the paragraph at the very bottom of the page, he writes, "So, the phrases of the sentential form E + T * id are E + T * id, and id." then why, earlier in the same paragraph, did you write "The root node of the whole parse tree, E, generates all of the resulting sentential forms, E+T*id, which is a phrase. The internal node, T, generates the leaves T*id, which is another phrase. Finally, the internal node, F, generates id, which is also a phrase"

    So what is it, are the phrases only E+T*id and id, or are the phrases E+T*id, T*id, and id?

    I have no doubt the author of this book knows his stuff, but using his book has been disappointing so far. Along with the numerous errors, he's done a very poor job introducing parse trees.

    I gave the book 3 stars, though really it deserves 2, because I am still learning something. But the book is very low quality. I'm going to tell my professor that it would be criminal to teach from this book again. Dr Sebesta did NOT do a good job with this book.
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  • James McElhannon
    1.0 out of 5 stars There are much better alternatives
    Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2022
    I've been a professional software engineer for 30 years and I'm a PhD student for computer science. As several other have noted, the writing is unnecessarily complex, rambling, and it gives statements without citing sources. I would recommend looking elsewhere...
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  • Alexander Kermani
    2.0 out of 5 stars Avoid, If Possible
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2019
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    I'll start with the biggest problem here: The book is written in arbitrarily complex language. This material is plenty difficult enough without assistance from the author. All of the information that you can extract from this pedantic thing is precise and solid, but it reads like the author is totally out of touch with the audience that he's speaking to (young students). Everything that he writes about is needlessly lengthy and exhausting, even if we restrict our assessment to textbooks within the computer science field. It is the worst that I've read, and I've read many. The book is precise in its terminology and informative after you've read it a couple of times, but there's not really a payoff for its length and complexity.
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  • joey
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not good for the audience it is aimed at.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2020
    The writing in this book is atrocious and overly complex and it makes an already hard to understand subject even harder. A good 2/3rds of what the author tries to cover I have to google search to actually understand. The tests Pearson provides to professors/teachers to accompany it are even worse and I see class averages in the 40s or 50s.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for beginners
    Reviewed in India on July 28, 2019
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    Good book for principles of programming languages or concepts of different programming paradigm. A beginner can easily relate and understand the reasons for number of programming languages along with supporting features.
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  • anup
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference book on theory of programming languages
    Reviewed in India on March 25, 2018
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    Excellent reference book for a student wishing to understand fundamental aspects of programming languages.
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    Reviewed in India on April 24, 2022
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  • Sonu Anand
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in India on July 22, 2015
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    I like it
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