May 2013
Beginner
329 pages
8h 55m
English
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Index
A note on the digital index
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Symbols
- * operator, Variadic Methods, Syntax
- . (dot), Data Structures, Objects and Methods
- : (colon), Basic Data
- => prompt, Interactive Ruby Shell
- >> prompt, Interactive Ruby Shell
- [ ] (square brackets), Data Structures, Procs
- { } (curly brackets), Data Structures, Blocks
A
- absolute value, Abstraction: Multiplying Signs
- abstract interpretation
- about, Abstract Interpretation
- adding signs, Safety and Approximation: Adding Signs–Safety and Approximation: Adding Signs
- applications, Applications
- multiplying signs, Abstraction: Multiplying Signs–Abstraction: Multiplying Signs
- route planning, Route Planning
- abstract machines, Operational Semantics
- abstract syntax tree (AST)
- about, Syntax
- building by hand, Expressions
- reduction relation, Small-Step Semantics
- accept states, Output, Nondeterminism, Semantics
- Adams, Douglas, Universal Systems Can Loop Forever
- algorithms, Universal Systems Can Perform Algorithms–Universal Systems Can Perform Algorithms
- Analytical Engine, Finding Meaning
- applications
- abstract interpretation, Applications
- big-step semantics, Applications
- denotational semantics, Applications
- small-step semantics, Applications
- arguments
- blocks of code and, Blocks
- messages ...
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