CSE 452
Organization of Programming Languages
Fall 2008
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Tue & Thu 12:40-2:00 pm in 1300 Engineering |
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Instructor: |
Laura Dillon |
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3132 Engineering |
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517-353-4387 |
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Tue & Wed 2:00-3:30 pm |
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and by appointment |
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Teaching Assist.: |
Borzoo Bonakdapour |
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Mon & Thu 9:00-10:30 am |
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and by appointment |
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in 3353 Engineering |
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Syllabus and course information
Course schedule and assignments
Course
objectives:
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To gain an appreciation of
issues in the design of programming languages. You will learn how language features in different programming
paradigms impact productivity of programmers, reliability and efficiency of
programs, costs of software development and maintenance, security of software,
etc.
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To enable better program
design and implementation. Most programming
language features are motivated by goals of improving program design. Understanding these design goals
and how different language features support them helps you use them more
effectively.
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To increase knowledge of
useful programming techniques. You
will learn how to use programming techniques associated with different programming
paradigms to solve recurring problems of software construction and development.
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To enable better informed
choice of programming language. You will learn about trade-offs that, depending
on characteristics of software to be developed and on available resources and
such, affect the suitability of
various languages for software development.
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To facilitate learning of
new programming languages. Familiarity with a range of programming paradigms
and language constructs provides you a solid basis for quickly grasping the
essentials of new ones. You will
be able to separate syntactic differences from semantic ones. You will have a rich `library` of
programming constructs at your disposal for comparison and understanding.