CS558 Programming Languages --- Winter 2009

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• Index
• Instructor
• Teaching Assistant
• Recitation
• Description
• Format
• Goal
• Notes
• Course materials
• Grading

Sergio Antoy
office: FAB 120-02
e-mail: antoy@cs.pdx.edu (checked daily)
phone: 503-725-3009 (checked weekly)
homepage: http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~antoy/
office hours: MW 3:40 PM and by appointment

Dan Brown
e-mail: brownda@cs.pdx.edu
office hours: Monday 11:15-12:00 and 1:00-1:45, Friday 2:00-3:30 PM and by appointment
Fishbowl (student area outside the CS office)

Monday, 10-11, Fab 150 (from 2/9/2009 through 3/9/2009
No new material is covered.
Come ready to be personally and directly involved in solving problems.

This course is an introduction to the study of programming languages. It presents both general principles and specific details about the definition, implementation and use of historical and contemporary languages. It combines both theory and application of programming language features. Diverse programming paradigms, such as functional, logic and object-oriented, will be discussed in class and used in exercises.

Regular lectures. Weekly assigned readings. Weekly homework including programming assignments. Midterm and final exams.

Understanding, learning, and analyzing, in a disciplined and comprehensive way, concepts inherent to programming languages. Knowledge of key issues and goals in the design, implementation and use of programming languages. Some literacy in programming languages. Ability to code a problem into a program using different programming paradigms.

The expected preparation is a bachelor degree in Computer Science or equivalent background.

CS558 is a required course for the MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science and it is the foundation of several other graduate courses. Students are encouraged to take CS558 early in their program of study.

In addition to personal equipment, all the students are expected to have a departmental computer account. See http://www.cat.pdx.edu/ for obtaining the account.

• Textbook Kenneth C. Louden, Programming Languages: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed., Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2003.
• Video stream (if available, check with Video Services)
• Programming Skills (examples of small problems to code in declarative languages)
• Schedule by topic (will be updated during the term)
• Homework (included in the schedule)
• Resource page (will be updated during the term)
• Midterm Fall 2006 and Final Fall 2008
• Evaluations Fall 2006, Winter 2007, and scores and comments Fall 2008.

Assignments, midterm and final exams will contribute approximately 30%, 30%, and 40% of the grade, respectively. You will need at least 80% of the points in each one to get an A and at least 60% to get a B.

Contact: antoy@cs.pdx.edu
Last updated: Fri Feb 13 16:38:04 PST 2009