Concepts of Programming Languages, Seventh Edition is a comprehensive introduction to programming language concepts. The book examines design and analysis issues using a wide variety of programming languages. Highlights of the Seventh Edition: · Additional coverage of program proofs using axiomatic semantics · Additional material on recursive descent parsing · New discussion of markup/programming hybird language, including XSLT and JSP · Extensive coverage of the concepts and constructs of languages like C#, Java, Javascript, Perl, and PHP · Discussion of functional programming, including Scheme and ML · Discussion of logic programming, including Prolog · Historical boxes and interviews with James Gosling, Larry Wall, Alan Cooper, Bjarne Stroustrup, and others who put the material in context · Companion Website including quizzes and language references