I'm happy to announce the publication of my new book on the foundations of object-oriented programming languages: Foundations of Object-Oriented Programming Languages: Types and Semantics Kim B. Bruce The MIT Press Copyright 2002 ISBN 0-262-02523-X You can find more information about the book, including the table of contents, preface, and 5 downloadable sample chapters in pdf format, at the web site: http://www.cs.williams.edu/~kim/FOOPL.html From the publisher: "In recent years, object-oriented programming has emerged as the dominant computer programming style, and object-oriented languages such as C++ and Java enjoy wide use in academia and industry. This text explores the formal underpinnings of object-oriented languages to help the reader understand the fundamental concepts of these languages and the design decisions behind them. The text begins by analyzing existing object-oriented languages, paying special attention to their type systems and impediments to expressiveness. It then examines two key features: subtypes and subclasses. After a brief introduction to the lambda calculus, it presents a prototypical object-oriented language, SOOL, with a simple type system similar to those of class-based object-oriented languages in common use. The text offers proof that the type system is sound by showing that the semantics preserves typing information. It concludes with a discussion of desirable features, such as parametric polymorphism and a MyType construct, that are not yet included in most statically typed object-oriented languages." The target audience for the book includes researchers, graduate students, and others interested in understanding the types, semantics, and language design issues relevant to the study of object-oriented languages. Links to order the book are available from the web page given above. Kim B. Bruce Professor of Computer Science Williams College 21-Mar-2002 18:51:03 -0400,3999;000000000000-00000000