Programming Languages: Concepts and Implementation

6.1 Chapter Objectives

• Describe first-class closures.

• Understand the meaning of the adjectives static and dynamic in the context of programming languages.

• Discuss scope as a type of binding from variable reference to declaration.

• Differentiate between static and dynamic scoping.

• Discuss the relationship between the lexical layout of a program and the representation and structure of a referencing environment for that program.

• Define lexical addressing and consider how it obviates the need for identifiers in a program.

• Discuss program translation as a means of improving the efficiency of execution.

• Learn how to resolve references in functions to parts of the program not currently executing (i.e., the FUNARG problem).

• Understand the difference ...