This volume contains selected papers presented at the
European Symposium on Programming (ESOP) held jointly with
the seventeeth Colloquium on Trees in Algebra and
Programming (CAAP) in Rennes, France, February 26-28, 1992
(the proceedings of CAAP appear in LNCS 581). The previous
symposiawere held in France, Germany, and Denmark. Every
even year, as in 1992, CAAPis held jointly with ESOP.
ESOP addresses fundamental issues and important developments
in the specification and implementation of programming
languages and systems. It continues lines begun in France
and Germany under the names "Colloque sur la Programmation"
and the GI workshop on "Programmiersprachen und
Programmentwicklung". The programme committee received 71
submissions, from which 28 have been selected for inclusion
in this volume.