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Language Implementation Patterns
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Language Implementation Patterns

by Terence Parr
December 2009
Intermediate to advanced
380 pages
9h 2m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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What You’ll Find in the Patterns

There are 31 patterns in this book. Each one describes a common data structure, algorithm, or strategy you’re likely to find in language applications. Each pattern has four parts:

  • Purpose: This section briefly describes what the pattern is for. For example, the purpose of Pattern 21, Automatic Type Promotion says “…how to automatically and safely promote arithmetic operand types.” It’s a good idea to scan the Purpose section before jumping into a pattern to discover exactly what it’s trying to solve.

  • Discussion: This section describes the problem in more detail, explains when to use the pattern, and describes how the pattern works.

  • Implementation: Each pattern has a sample implementation in Java (possibly using ...

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