Textbooks

Required Texts:

• Lecture notes, available at Gnomon copy, 325 Huntington Avenue. The first installment of the notes will be available in time for the first class.
• Friedman and Wand Essentials of Programming Languages, 3rd edition (MIT Press, 2007, to appear), available at Gnomon copy, 325 Huntington Avenue. I expect that Chapters 1-5 will be available in time for the first class.

Recommended texts:

I do not know whether these will be available at the NU Bookstore. If not, try the BU Bookstore, Quantum Books, the MIT/Harvard Coop, or your favorite online bookseller. Most of these books should also be on reserve at the NU Library.

• Dybvig, The Scheme Programming Language, 3rd edition, MIT Press, 2003. This book is oriented to the Chez Scheme implementation of Scheme. Although we will be using PLT Scheme, The first portion of the book is still a decent reference for Scheme in general. This book is also available online.
• Friedman and Felleisen, The Little Schemer, 4th ed., MIT Press.
• Abelson & Sussman, The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, 2nd edition, MIT Press, 1996. (Also available online, but that's not half so nice, IMHO).
• Scott, Michael L. Programming Language Pragmatics, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.
• Pratt & Zelkowitz Programming Languages: Design and Implementation, 4th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2001.
• Sebesta, Concepts of Programming Languages, 5th edition, Addison-Wesley.
• Here's a new online text: Programming Languages: Application and Intepretation by Shriram Krishnamurthi.