16:198:515 - Programming Languages And Compilers I

Course Number: 16:198:515
Course Type: Graduate
Semester 1: Fall
Credits: 3
Description:
This course covers concepts and techniques used in the description and definition of programming languages, and in the construction of their translators.

M.S. Course Category: Programming Languages
Category: B (M.S.), B (Ph.D.)
Prerequisite Information:
An undergraduate data structures and algorithms course, and an undergraduate compiler course (or permission of instructor)
Topics:
Topics chosen from among:

    * LR parsing techniques
    * syntax-directed translation, attribute grammars;
    * type systems, type checking and polymorphism;
    * data abstraction;
    * object-oriented, functional and logic programming paradigms (using Prolog, SML/Scheme and C++/Java);
    * language semantics (axiomatic, denotational);
    * exception handling;
    * topics in compiling for parallel architectures;
    * machine independent optimization and compile-time analysis
Expected Work: Written homework, with three programming assignments. A final examination, and possibly a midterm.

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