{"product_id":"foundations-of-objectoriented-languages-isbn-9780262525732","title":"Foundations of Object-Oriented Languages","description":"\u003cb\u003eA presentation of the formal underpinnings of object-oriented programming languages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, object-oriented programming has emerged as the dominant computer programming style, and object-oriented languages such as C++ and Java enjoy wide use in academia and industry. This text explores the formal underpinnings of object-oriented languages to help the reader understand the fundamental concepts of these languages and the design decisions behind them. The text begins by analyzing existing object-oriented languages, paying special attention to their type systems and impediments to expressiveness. It then examines two key features: subtypes and subclasses. After a brief introduction to the lambda calculus, it presents a prototypical object-oriented language, SOOL, with a simple type system similar to those of class-based object-oriented languages in common use. The text offers proof that the type system is sound by showing that the semantics preserves typing information. It concludes with a discussion of desirable features, such as parametric polymorphism and a MyType construct, that are not yet included in most statically typed object-oriented languages.\u003c\/p\u003eKim B. Bruce is Frederick Latimer Wells Professor of Computer Science at Williams College.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305505444069,"sku":"NP9780262525732","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262525732.jpg?v=1767727601","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/foundations-of-objectoriented-languages-isbn-9780262525732","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}