CSCE 330: Programming Language Structures

Prerequisites: CSCE 245 (Transitioning from CSCI 220 and CSCI 240)

Instructor: Marco Valtorta
Office: Sumwalt 329, 777-4641
E-mail: mgv@cs.sc.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 1415-1545 or by previous appointment.
Grader: Xizhou Feng,
Sumwalt 233, 777-2400, fengx@cs.sc.edu,
Office Hours: Monday, 10:00-11:30, Thursday 11:00-12:30

Syllabus

Grading Policy

Reference materials:

Sebesta, Robert W. Concepts of Programming Languages (4th ed.). Addison-Wesley, 1999 (required text, referred to as [S]).

Ullman, Jeffrey D. Elements of ML Programming: ML97 Edition. Prentice-Hall, 1998 (required text, referred to as [U]). Supplementary materials from the author, including an errata list, are available.

• Introduce formal methods for the description of programming languages.
• Develop an understanding of the organization of programming languages and the run-time behavior of programs.
• Introduce languages which illustrate a wide variety of approaches to programming language design and implementation.
• Provide an opportunity to use a variety of different computer environments.

• Introduce a functional and a logic programming language;
• Provide a comparative overview of programming languages and their features;
• Describe (semi-)formally syntax and semantics of programming language constructs.