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Sebesta's Concepts of Programming Languages is a comprehensive book for undergraduate computer science students. The book deals with the foundations of contemporary programming, giving students the tools they need to understand and write efficient programs and algorithms. Readers are introduced to methods of critically evaluating programming languages for voids and loopholes and learn how to estimate the efficiency of a language. In addition, the students learn how to evaluate and understand compilers, gaining an in-depth knowledge of programming constructs and lexical and syntactic analysis. The book is an invaluable resource to all computer science students and programming enthusiasts. About Robert W. Sebesta Robert W. Sebesta is the Associate Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. A graduate of the University of Colorado in Boulder, studying mathematics during his stay, Dr. Sebesta went on to pursue his M.S. and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University, majoring in Computer Science. An academician of about 4 decades of experience, his professional interests lie in the design and evaluation of programming languages.