Software Languages: Syntax, Semantics, and Metaprogramming (Paperback)

1 The Notion of a Software Language.- 2 A Story of a Domain-Specific Language.- 3 Foundations of Tree- and Graph-Based Abstract Syntax.- 4 Representation of Object Programs in Metaprograms.- 5 A Suite of Metaprogramming Scenarios.- 6 Foundations of Textual Concrete Syntax.- 7 Implementation of Textual Concrete Syntax.- 8 A Primer on Operational Semantics.- 9 A Primer on Type Systems.- 10 An Excursion into the Lambda Calculus.- 11 An Ode to Compositionality.- 12 A Suite of Metaprogramming Techniques.