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The Interpretation of Object-Oriented Programming Languages

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Iain Craig
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  • Compares a wide range of o-o languages, and their underlying concepts

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    • Iain Craig
    Pages 1-11

  3. Class Fundamentals

    • Iain Craig
    Pages 13-51

  4. Prototype and Actor Languages

    • Iain Craig
    Pages 53-76

  5. Inheritance and Delegation

    • Iain Craig
    Pages 77-117

  6. Methods

    • Iain Craig
    Pages 119-142

  7. Types I: Types and Objects

    • Iain Craig
    Pages 143-168

  8. Types II: Types and Objects—Alternatives

    • Iain Craig
    Pages 169-181

  9. Reflection

    • Iain Craig
    Pages 183-201

  10. C#

    • Iain Craig
    Pages 203-229

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 231-288
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I was extremely surprised to learn that this book was so well received; I was even more surprised when a second edition was proposed. I had realised that there was a need for a book such as this but had not thought that the need was as great; I really wrote the book for myself, in order better to organise my thoughts on object-oriented languages and better to understand them. For the second edition, I have found and corrected mistakes and have added a completely new chapter on the C# language. The chapter on mixed­ paradigm languages has been relegated to an appendix, and a new appendix on the BeCecil language has been added. - C# is extremely popular. Given its apparent role as the major competitor to Java, it was clear that a chapter was necessary in which a comparison could be made. That chapter concentrates on the language and not on the runtime and support system. C# contributes some new features to the C++ derivatives. The language has rough edges (as Java does still) . It will be interesting to watch its development and to see whether it becomes accepted more widely.

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