A Study in String Processing Languages

Paul Klint (auth.)3540160418, 9783540160410

Table of contents :
Introduction….Pages 1-16
Design considerations for string processing languages….Pages 17-37
An overview of the summer programming language….Pages 38-48
Formal language definitions can be made practical….Pages 49-61
Assessment….Pages 62-66
Preliminaries to the definition of summer….Pages 67-82
A semi-formal definition of the summer kernel….Pages 83-129
The summer library….Pages 130-150
Some annotated summer programs….Pages 151-157
Summary of summer syntax….Pages 158-160