Schedule

 

Note that this schedule is tentative and is likely to change. For each week there are 3 readings given, one for each class meeting day (M W F). The daily reading assignments will be posted a few days in advance, but may not be listed further ahead than that, depending on the pace of the course.

Week Begins
Topic & Notes Links
Ch. in Sebesta
Reading Assignments
(See also the Reference List)
1
8/27
 Introduction,
Compile Link & Load Illustration,
Design Principles 		1

1. First day, no assignment
2. 1.1 - 1.3; Read the history timeline by computers as well as by software. Be able to answer these questions.
3. 1.4-1.8
2
9/3
 Evolution of Prog. Lang.,
 2

1. 2.1 - 2.5
2. 2.6 - 2.12
3. 2.13 - 2.20
3
9/10
 Logic Programming (PROLOG)
(See Prolog Resources, VT CS3304 page) 		16

1. 16.1 - 16.4
2. 16.5 - 16.6
3. 16.7 - 16.8

4
9/17
 Prolog, continued...
  

1. review Prolog notes
2. review Prolog notes
3. review Prolog notes

5
9/24

Natural Languages & Prog. Lang.
Describing Types & Syntax & of Grammars (& overheads, handout)
Anne Condon's lecture notes

 3

1. Miller Magic Number Seven
2.
3. 3.1-3.3

 

6
10/1

Semantics & Attribute Grammars
Lexical Analysis (?)


4 (?)

 1. review class notes
2. 3.4-3.5
3.
7
10/8

Midterm Exam

   
8
10/15

Names, Bindings, Types, Scopes

5

1. 5
2.
3.

9
10/22

Functional Programming,
(If you are interested, its basis in Lambda Calculus)
ML notes

 15

1.15.1-15.3, Hughes notes (on Why Functional Programming Matters)
2.
3.

10
10/29


Data Types and handout
6

1.
2. Chapter 6
3. Presentation 1: Ruby (Matt)

11
11/5
 Expressions and handout, Assignment


 7


 1. Chapter 7
2.
3. Presentation 2: Smalltalk (Wenling)
12
11/12

Control Structures,
Arguments for and against Goto

8

 1.Chapter 8
2.Goto Readings
3. Presentation 3: PHP (Tom)
13
11/19
    

1.
2. Ousterhout on Scripting, Alan Turing on the Turing Test
3. Thanksgiving: no class
14
11/26
Subprograms and handout
9

1. Presentation 4: Perl (Sheetal)
2. Chapter 9
3. Presentation 5: C# (Elias)

15
12/3
 Implementing Subprograms and handout
Race Condition Example
 10

 1. Chapter 10
2.
3. Presentation 6: Objective-C/C++ (Chris)
    Final Exam
Wed. Dec. 12, 9:00-10:00 AM, LC A5		    

Several chapters are covered in other CS courses, or are material we will cover in part, time permitting: 4 (Compilers), 10 (Abstract Data Types), 12 (OOP), 13 (Concurrency), 14 (Exceptions)


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