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This syllabus gives the chapters in the text (Programming Languages: Concepts and Constructs, by Sethi) that will be covered in class.  It is only a guess.   Specific topics and reading assignments will be given in class and announced on the WebCT pages.  Other topics will be inserted as well.

Week Of Reading Monday Wednesday Friday
Jan 11 Chapters 1 & 2 Programming paradigms Syntax Grammars
Jan 18 Chapter 3 Martin Luther King Day Imperative programming Structured programming
Jan 25   Programming with invariants Proof rules for partial correctness Control flow in C
Feb 1 Chapter 4 Basic and aggregate types Unions, variants; sets Pointers
Feb 8 Chapter 5 Parameter passing Scope rules Lexical scope
Feb 15 Chapter 6 Activation records, displays Program structure; information hiding Modules
Feb 22   Review for Exam 1 Exam 1 Classes in C++
Mar 1 Chapter 7 Objects Inheritance C++
Mar 8   Derived classes Smalltalk Other examples
Mar 15   Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break
Mar 22 Chapter 8 Functional programming Types; functions Lexical scope; type checking
Mar 29 Chapter 9 Lists Function as first-class values ML
Apr 5   Little Quilt Review for Exam 2 Exam 2
Apr 12 Chapter 10 Scheme List structure and manipulation Differentiation and simplication
Apr 19 Chapter 11 Logic programming Programming in Prolog Data structures and control in Prolog
Apr 26 Chapter 15 Pascal, C, C++, Smalltalk Standard ML, Scheme, Prolog Review for Final