CSCI 431: Organization of Programming Languages
Course Goals	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.
Text	Programming Language Pragmatics , by Michael Scott, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.
Instructor	Rebecca Bruce Office: RBH 024 Telephone: 232-2275 e-mail: bruce@cs.unca.edu Office Hours: 10:30am-noon on T & R, & 3:30-5:00pm on R

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 email or telephone the instructor before the scheduled time and perhaps something can be arranged to avoid a zero for this exam. Failure to notify the instructor prior to the scheduled time will produce an automatic zero for the exam.

Policy on Assignments:

The program that you write are your way of telling the instructor 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.