CS 334
Principles of Programming Languages
Lecture and Reading Schedule

Spring, 1997

In readings, "L" stands for the text, Ullman is the ML text, Switzer is the Eiffel text, and "ASU" stands for the Compiler text by Aho, Sethi, and Ullman. The number following a letter is the chapter to be read. 

    

  1. Preview, History of Programming Languages              L: 1, 2

  2. Functional Programming & ML                            L: 10, Ullman

  3. More ML                                                Ullman

  4. Features of functional languages                       L: 10, 5.7

  5. Syntax                                                 L:4

  6. Compilers and Interpreters, variables                  ASU: 2, L: 5.1-5.3

  7. Bindings & scope, Types                                L: 5.4-5.6, 6.1-6.2

  8. Type Constructors                                      L: 6.3

  9. Type Systems                                           L: 6.4-6.7

  10. Run-time structure                                     L: 7.4 (not 7.4.2), 7.5

  11. More run-time structure, environment-based interpreters

  12. Dynamic memory management, Commands                    L: 10.8, 7.1-7.3

  13. Parameters                                             L: 7.4.2

  14. Abstract data types                                    L: 8 except 8.5 & 8.8

  15. Polymorphism & OOL's                                   L: 8.5, 9

  16. Object-oriented languages & Eiffel                     Switzer

  17. More Eiffel                                            Switzer

  18. Java and evaluating OOL's

  19. Semantics                                              L: 12.3-12.5

  20. Logic Programming & Prolog                             L: 11

  21. More Prolog	

  22. Concurrency                                            L: 13

  23. More concurrency                                       

  24. Language selection & Design, Summary                   L: 3
Please at least skim the reading for a class before the lecture. We will be able to have much more interesting classes if you know something about the material as we discuss it.

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