CSCI 431-- Programming Languages
Objectives:
A comparative study of programming languages designed to provide
the following: (1) An understanding of language features and
limitations; (2) An increased ability to learn new languages; (3)
An understanding of the theoretical foundations of languages
and the significance of implementation, and (4) An improved background
for choosing and using different programming languages.
Instructor: Rebecca Bruce
- Office -- RBH 024
- Telephone -- 232-2275
- e-mail -- bruce@cs.unca.edu
- Office Hours -- by appointment
Location: Robinson Hall 217
Time: Tues & Thur, 1:40-2:55pm
Text: Programming
Languages Design and Implementation, 3rd Edition , by Pratt
& Zelkowitz, Prentice Hall, 1996.
Tentative Course Schedule
| Week of |
Lectures & Reading |
Assignments |
Exams |
| Aug 17 |
Language Design
Chapters 1 & 2 |
|
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| Aug 21 |
Language History
Compilers and Interpreters (Ch 2)
|
Assignment 1 |
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| Aug 28 |
Language Syntax, Chapter 3
Formal Models of Syntax, Ch. 3 & Section 9.3 |
|
| Sep 4 |
Language Semantics, Section 9.4
Primitive Data Types, Section 4.1 & 4.2 |
Assignment 2 |
|
| Sept 11 |
Scheme, Section 13.1
Structured Data Types, Section 4.3 |
Assignment 3
Using
Scheme in Emacs |
|
| Sept 18 |
Catch up
Review for Exam 1 |
|
Exam 1 |
| Sept 25 |
Encapsulation, Sections 5.1-5.3
Ada, Section 12.1 |
Assignment 4
Solution to Assignment 4 |
|
| Oct 2 |
Object Oriented Design, Ch 8
SmallTalk, Section 12.3 |
Assignment 5
Solution to Parts 2 & 3 |
|
| Oct 9 |
Sequence Control, Ch. 6
Prolog, Ch. 14 |
|
|
| Oct 16 |
(Fall Break: No MT classes)
Catch up |
|
|
| Oct 23 |
Subprogram Control, Chapter 7 |
Assignment 6 |
|
| Oct 30 |
ML
Part I Section 13.2
Storage Management Section 5.4 |
Assignment 7 |
|
| Nov 6 |
ML
Part II Section 13.2
Review for Exam 2 |
|
|
| Nov 13 |
Parallel Programming Sections 9.1-9.2 |
|
Exam 2 Solution |
| Nov 20 |
(Thanksgiving Break: No WRF classes)
Catch up |
Assignment 8 |
|
| Nov 27 |
Intro. to PHP
PHP and MySQL |
Assignment 9: Extra Credit |
|
| Dec 4 |
Review for Final |
|
|
| Dec 7-13 |
Final Exam Week:
(CSCI 431: Thur, Dec 7,
1:40-4:10pm) |
|
Final Exam |
Grading
| Exam grades |
100 x 2 |
200 |
| Assignment grades |
20 x 8 |
160 |
| Final Exam grade |
--- |
150 |
| |
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| Total Points |
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510 |
Attendance Policy:
Lectures: A roll is not taken. Students are
expected to attend all class lectures. Failure to do so will be
considered a lack of interest in success on the part of the student.
Exams: If you must miss an exam due to
illness you must telephone or send email before the scheduled
time and perhaps something can be arranged to avoid a zero for this
exam. Failure to notify me prior to the scheduled time will produce
an automatic zero for the exam.
Policy on Assignments:
Hand out sheets with instructions will be given in class for each
assignment. These assignments will involve:
- 1. Non-programming problem solving exercises
- 2. Program writing projects
- 3. A combination of #1 and #2.
The program writing projects are your way of telling me about your
mastery of this course. Because this is a course about writing
programs you are expected to take these assignments very seriously.
Your programs must be clearly different than those turned in by others
in the class and represent a unique and special effort on your
part.
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