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Course Descrip=
tion FOR COMP3050 Programming Language=
s
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In this
course students will be exposed to the analysis and comparison of program=
ming
languages, their characteristics and implementation. Various concepts and
principles will be discussed.
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Course Objecti=
ves:
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- To provide an overvie=
w of
key concepts used in developing modern programming languages.=
- To highlight several
languages, which provide those features so that students will be abl=
e to choose appropriate programming language =
and
use it to solve a particular task.
- To provide sufficient
formal theory illustrating where programming language design fits in=
to
computer science discipline and research.
- To improve the studen=
t's
ability to understand the significance and relationship between the =
source
code and program implementation (i.e. execution)
- To increase the capac=
ity to
express ideas and improve the ability to learn a new language.
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Prerequisites =
and Corequisites:
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It is
assumed that students taking this course are already familiar with a
programming language like C, C++, C#.NET, VB.N=
ET or
Java.
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Course
Topics:
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Topics
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Translator Architecture and grammars
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1.1
Programming language design and language organization
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1.2
Hardware and software architecture
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Formal grammars
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2.1
Context free languages
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2.2
Finite state languages
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Context free semantics
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3.1
Push-down automata and context free grammars
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3.2
Semantics
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Encapsulation
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4.1
Elementary data types
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4.2
Structured data
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Data typing
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5.1
Abstract data types
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5.2
Type equivalence
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Inheritance
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6.1
Inheritance
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6.2
Polymorphism
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Expressions
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7.1
Expressions
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7.2
Basic statements
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Prime Programs
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8.1
Prime programs
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8.2
Logic programming
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Sub Program Control
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9.1
Activation records
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9.2
Parameter transmission
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Storage Management
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10.1
Stack versus Heap storage
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10.2
Garbage Collection
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Other Control Structures
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11.1
Exception handling
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11.2
Parallel programming
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Parallel Execution Continued
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12.1
Guarded commands
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12.2
Synchronization
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