CPSC 351: Programming Languages

Professor: Ellen L. Walker

Announcements

• Syllabus - PDF format
• Paper and presentation guidelines (Papers due at 1pm on November 22)

Resources on the Internet

• Concepts of Programming Languages textbook website (You will need to register, using the code from the front of your textbook)
• JFLAP, a tool for exploring Finite Automata, Pushdown Automata and more
• Programming Languages page from Mark Utting, Waikato University, New Zealand
• Open Directory Project "Programming Languages" page
• ACM Digital Library (Free access to full-text journal articles from Hiram College computers!)

Homework Assignments

Notes

• Program Proving Notes
• Regular Language Notes
  Examples from class: Download to use with JFLAP
  • intFloat.jff
  • expr.jff
• C Programming -- Example code
• Goto Considered Harmful (original paper from CACM, Annoted version from David Tribble)

Tests

• Test 1, Sep 29, 2010 (Takehome on Sakai)
• Test 2, Oct 20, 2010 (in class) -- Covers Chapters 5, 6 (through 6.5) and 15.
• Test 3, Nov 17, 2010 (in class) -- Covers chapters 6.6 through 10.