Fall 2019 - CMPT 383 D100
Comparative Programming Languages (3)
Class Number: 8997
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Mon, Wed, Fri, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Surrey -
Exam Times + Location:
Dec 14, 2019
Sat, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
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Instructor:
Toby Donaldson
tjd@sfu.ca
1 778 782-7433
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Prerequisites:
CMPT 225, and (MACM 101 or (ENSC 251 and ENSC 252)).
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Various concepts and principles underlying the design and use of modern programming languages are considered in the context of procedural, object-oriented, functional and logic programming languages. Topics include data and control structuring constructs, facilities for modularity and data abstraction, polymorphism, syntax, and formal semantics.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course explores various concepts and principles underlying the design and use of modern programming languages. A major focus of the course will be on functional programming, an elegant and useful set of techniques that are slowly finding their way into many mainstream languages such as C++, JavaScript, Python, Swift, and more. Declarative programming in Prolog will be discussed, and, time permitting, we will see how the Go languages supports concurrency.
Topics
- Lisp/Scheme: basic functional programming
- Haskell: typed functional programming
- Prolog: declarative programming
- Go: Concurrency (time permitting)
Grading
NOTES:
The marking scheme will be provided in the first week of class.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Reference Books
- Programming Language Pragmatics, Michael L. Scott, Morgan Kaufmann, 2015, 9780124104099, General discussion of programming language topics.
REQUIRED READING:
- Thinking Functionally with Haskell
- Richard Bird
- Cambridge University PresS
- 2014
- Excellent introduction to Haskell and functional programming.
ISBN: 9781107452640
RECOMMENDED READING:
Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
- Robert Sebesta, Addison-Wesley,
- 2015,
- It is okay to use the 10th edition, if you prefer.
ISBN: 9780133943023
Concepts in Programming Languages
John C. Mitchell
Cambridge University Press
2002
General discussion of programming language topics.
ISBN: 9780521780988
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