CS 381  (4 credits)
Programming Language Fundamentals
Spring 2006

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Lecture Owen 103   MWF 12:00-12:50 (4/3/06 - 6/9/06)
Instructor
Prof. Timothy A. Budd (contact info)
Office Hours MWF 10:00-11:30, KEC 3049
Teaching Assistant Deling Ren (rende@engr.orst.edu) Office Hours Tu 3-5, Thurs 4-5, KEC 1130
Prerequisites CS 261
Textbook Robert Sebesta, Concepts of Programming Lanauges, 7th Ed
Course Learning Objectives 1.     define abstract syntax for a language that is given in concrete syntax
2.    produce and explain the output of a given program under static versus dynamic scoping mechanisms
3.    produce and explain the behavior of a given program under static versus dynamic typing mechanisms
4.    produce and explain the output of a given program under a selection of parameter passing mechanisms, such as by-value, by-reference, by-constant, by-result, by-value-result, and by-name
5.    produce and explain the contents of the run-time stack of a given program as it stands at any moment in program execution
6.    explain exception handling mechanisms and demonstrate the effects of exceptions on the runtime stack
7.    produce programs exhibiting parametric polymorphism
8.    analyze and compare parametric polymorphism, overloading, and subtype polymorphism, and explain their advantages and disadvantages
9.    explain the semantics of simple languages or for individual language constructs using axiomatic, operational, or denotational semantics, and given such definitions, predict specific program values or relationships between values using the definitions
Schedule Check here every week; the schedule is subject to "adjustments"
Communication There is a class mail list established for this course. I will use this to send e-mail to the entire class where appropriate. You can also use this as you wish, simply by sending e-mail to cs381-sp06@engr.oregonstate.edu.

There is also a web-based form you can use if you want to send anonymous e-mail to the professor. There is no way that mail generated from this source can be traced back to an individual.

Grades There will be a number of homework sets, programming assignments, two midterm exams, and a final. The grades for these will be weighted so that the homework is about half of the final grade, and the exams the remaining half.
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Obviously, compliance is expected.