Spring 2025 - CMPT 383 D100
Comparative Programming Languages (3)
Class Number: 5448
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Surrey
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Instructor:
Yuepeng Wang
yuepeng@sfu.ca
1 778 782-7111
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Prerequisites:
CMPT 225 and (MACM 101 or (ENSC 251 and ENSC 252)), all with a minimum grade of C-.
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 introduces the fundamental concepts behind different kinds of imperative and functional programming languages. It covers several topics about formal semantics, type checking, type inference, and the basics of functional programming. Students will learn to give semantics to program constructs, interpret program elements, check the correctness of types, and automatically detect the type of expressions in a program.
Topics
- Functional programming
- Lambda calculus
- Formal semantics
- Type checking
- Type inference
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
The goal of this course is to help students
- Gain hands-on experience of functional programming in Haskell
- Learn the difference between different programming paradigms
- Have an in–depth understanding of programming language foundations
- Understand types in programming languages
- Improve programming skills
Grading
- Homework 30%
- Programming Assignments 30%
- Midterm Exam 25%
- Quiz 15%
NOTES:
Details will be confirmed in the first week of classes.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Reference Books:
- Learn You a Haskell for Great Good, Miran Lipovaca, No Starch Press, 2011, 9781593272838
- Programming in Haskell, Graham Hutton, Cambridge University Press, 2016, 9781316626221
- Types and Programming Languages, Benjamin C. Pierce, The MIT Press, 2002, 9780262162098
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.