CSCI 330: Programming Language Structures

Prerequisites: CSCI 220 and CSCI 240

Instructor: Marco Valtorta
Office: Sumwalt 206A, 777-4879
E-mail: mgv@cs.sc.edu
Office Hours: To Be Determined
Grader: Jicheng Qu, 234 Sumwalt, 777-8755, jqu00000@cs.sc.edu, F 2--5pm
Office: TBD
E-mail: TBD
Office Hours: TBD

Grading Policy, from the Syllabus (in postscript format):

Quizzes: 5%

Homework (other than programs): 15%

Programming Assignments: 35%

Midterm (2): 15%

Final Exam: 30%

Reference materials:

Sebesta, Robert W. Concepts of Programming Languages (4th ed.). Addison-Wesley, 1999 (required text).

Ullman, Jeffrey D. Elements of ML Programming: ML97 Edition. Prentice-Hall, 1998 (required text). Supplementary materials from the author, including an errata list are available. ( Materials for the previous edition are also available.)

The departmental syllabus lists the following goals for CSCI 330 course:

Introduce formal methods for the description of programmingl 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.

Specific objectives of this course are:

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.

First Midterm of 99/2/18 with Correction Guide (postscript format)

Second Midterm of 99/3/23 with Correction Guide (postscript format)

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