{"product_id":"foundations-of-object-oriented-languages-types-and-semantics-9780262525732","title":"Foundations of Object-Oriented Languages: Types and Semantics","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kim B. Bruce\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Programming - Object Oriented\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA presentation of the formal underpinnings of object-oriented programming languages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47590816710807,"sku":"9780262525732","price":8530.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780262525732.webp?v=1774970663","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/foundations-of-object-oriented-languages-types-and-semantics-9780262525732","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}