CS 363 Comparative Programming Languages

Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CS 265

Catalog description: Key programming mechanisms described independently of particular machines or languages including control, binding, procedural abstraction and types. Systematically surveys diverse high-level language capabilities.

Instructor: Prof. Elizabeth White

Textbook: Concepts of Programming Languages, R. Sebesta, 6^th edition, Addison-Wesley, 2003.

Website: http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~white/CS363

This class will cover theoretical foundations of features found in modern programming languages.

• Evolution of programming languages
• Syntax and semantics representation,
• Data and Control,
• Types and Type Systems,
• Procedural Abstraction,
• Exception handling,
• Concurrency,
• Garbage collection,
• Language approaches such as imperative, object-oriented, functional and logic based programming languages.

Course Requirements:

• Programming Assignments (4 @ 10% each)
• This class will require you to write programs in several different programming languages.
• Homeworks (10%)
• Exams (2 @ 20%)
• Final Exam (20%)

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