Notes

Lecture Notes

See below for lecture notes based on Sebesta.

1. Introduction [pdf] [ps]
2. Compile Link & Load Illustration [pdf] [ps]
3. Design Principles [pdf] [ps]
4. Evolution of Prog. Lang. [pdf] [ps]
5. Natural Languages & Prog. Lang. [pdf] [ps]
6. Semantics [pdf] [ps]
7. Syntax And Grammars [pdf] [ps], Types of Grammars [pdf],
   Handout [pdf], Semantic Grammars Handout [pdf], Forth Extensibility example [pdf]
8. Expressions [pdf] [ps]
9. Control Structures [pdf] [ps]
10. Names [pdf] [ps]
11. Scope Example [pdf] [ps]
12. Types [pdf] [ps]
13. Subprograms [pdf] [ps]
14. Implementing Subprograms [pdf]
15. Lambda Calculus [pdf] [ps]
16. Review page [pdf] [ps]

Alternatively see this nicely indexed version of some of the same material from Virginia Tech.

ML

See the UNC's ML notes based on the Ullman book, as well as ML ADT's.

Getting Started with ML
ML notes for Ch. 2
Ch. 2 problems from Ullman's ML book
Motivation for studying syntax
ML Functions (Ch. 3)

Other

Arguments for and against Goto
Race Condition Example
Pass-by-Reference vs. Pass-by-Value-Result