CIS 425 Spring 2004

Principles of Programming Languages

Details

• Class Times
  • Lecture: MWF 9:00 - 9:50, 102 Deady
  • Discussions:
    • Friday 12:00 - 12:50, 117 Fenton
    • Friday 4:00 - 4:50 ,117 Fenton
• Instructor: David Atkins
  • Office: Deschutes 358, 346-4413
  • Office Hours: 2:30-3:30 MWF, and by appointment
  • Email: datkins@cs.uoregon.edu
• GTF: Aaron Bohannon
  • Office: Deschutes 232, 346-4469
  • Office Hours:
  • Email: bohannon@cs.uoregon.edu
• Reference Material
  • Required Text: Programming Languages - Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, by Kenneth Louden, Thomson, 2003. [Available at the bookstore]
  • Optional Text: Elements of ML Programming, by Jeffrey Ullman, Prentice Hall, 1997. [Available at the bookstore and on reserve in Science Library] Good reference for ML programming.
  • Another good reference: Concepts of Programming Languages, 5th Edition, by Robert Sebesta, Addison Wesley, 2002. [On reserve in the Science Library] I used this book last year and it has clear explanations. There is now a sixth edition of the book.
  • Some C++ References
    • The Design and Evolution of C++, by Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison Wesley, 1994. [On reserve in the Science Library]
      Narrative of issues in real world language design.
    • The C++ Programming Language, Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 2001. [Second Edition on reserve at Science Library]
      Useful online excerpt from the book: A Tour of C++.
    • The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, Ellis & Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 1990. [On reserve at the Science Library]
    • ...and hundreds of other books on C++...
    • Some online C++ references: Operator syntax and precedence, Operator overloading, Templates
• Grading and Policy
  • Approximate weighting: Assignments 25%, Midterm 30%, Final 35%, 10% quizzes and class/discussion participation/attendance

Course Objectives

• The primary objective of this course is to become familiar with the properties of programming languages in general and examine some of these concepts for specific languages. The main categories of languages will be covered along with the characteristics that distinguish them from each other. These categories include imperative, object oriented, functional, and logic languages; in each category we will examine one or more example languages. This course is not intended to make you an expert in all of these languages, but you will get to see some languages and programming paradigms that you may not have seen before, and will develop the ability to quickly assess and learn new languages. Some time will also be spent discussing practical constraints on programming language design. We will also take a look at an example of a "small" language designed for a specific application domain.

CIS 425 Academic Honesty Policy

• All assignments turned in for the course must be your own work. Copying from other class members or other sources is not acceptable. If you collaborate with someone else (not on your team) on any assignment, you must indicate such on the work you turn in, and partial credit may be given.
• The exception to the above is that you may work on assignments in teams of two. If you are working as a team, both team members' names must be clearly indicated on the work turned for proper credit to be given.
• Academic honesty is expected and cases of suspected dishonesty will be handled according to university policy. In particular, copying someone else's work (including material found on the web) will not be tolerated. If solutions to assignments are obtained from outside sources, the source must be cited.
• You are also responsible for protecting your work. That is, you must take reasonable precautions to prevent your work from being copied.

Last updated 2004/03/28 19:42:24