Programming Language Pragmatics is the most comprehensive programming language textbook available today. Taking the perspective that language design and language implementation are tightly interconnected, and that neither can be fully understood in isolation, this critically acclaimed and bestselling book has been thoroughly updated to cover the most recent developments in programming language design. With a new chapter on run-time program management and expanded coverage of concurrency, this new edition provides both students and professionals alike with a solid understanding of the most important issues driving software development today.

Classic programming foundations text now updated to familiarize students with the languages they are most likely to encounter in the workforce, including including Java 7, C++, C# 3.0, F#, Fortran 2008, Ada 2005, Scheme R6RS, and Perl 6.
New and expanded coverage of concurrency and run-time systems ensures students and professionals understand the most important advances driving software today.
Includes over 800 numbered examples to help the reader quickly cross-reference and access content.

本书首先介绍了Lua中的数据结构，比如通用数据是如何表示的、Lua的字符串以及表类型的实现原理，接着讨论了Lua虚拟机的实现，并且将其中重点的一些指令进行了分类讲解，最后讨论了垃圾回收、模块实现、热更新、协程等的实现原理。

作为主流的动态语言，Python不仅简单易学、移植性好，而且拥有强大丰富的库的支持。此外，Python强大的可扩展性，让开发人员既可以非常容易地利用C/C++编写Python的扩展模块，还能将Python嵌入到C/C++程序中，为自己的系统添加动态扩展和动态编程的能力。.
为了更好地利用Python语言，无论是使用Python语言本身，还是将Python与C/C++交互使用，深刻理解Python的运行原理都是非常重要的。本书以CPython为研究对象，在C代码一级，深入细致地剖析了Python的实现。书中不仅包括了对大量Python内置对象的剖析，更将大量的篇幅用于对Python虚拟机及Python高级特性的剖析。通过此书，读者能够透彻地理解Python中的一般表达式、控制结构、异常机制、类机制、多线程机制、模块的动态加载机制、内存管理机制等核心技术的运行原理，同时，本书所揭示的动态语言的核心技术对于理解其他动态语言，如 Javascript、Ruby等也有较大的参考价值。..
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This second edition of Grune and Jacobs' brilliant work presents new developments and discoveries that have been made in the field. Parsing, also referred to as syntax analysis, has been and continues to be an essential part of computer science and linguistics. Parsing techniques have grown considerably in importance, both in computer science, ie. advanced compilers often use general CF parsers, and computational linguistics where such parsers are the only option. They are used in a variety of software products including Web browsers, interpreters in computer devices, and data compression programs; and they are used extensively in linguistics.