CS2400: Principles of Programming Languages - I

October 2017 - December 2017

Instructor: Ramakrishna Upadrasta (U. Ramakrishna)
Email: Ramakrishna AT iith DOT ac DOT in OR ramakrishna AT iitbhilai DOT ac DOT in
Office:

TAs (IITH email-IDs: <ID> AT iith DOT ac DOT in) : Agam Agarwal (CS12B1003), Ajay Brahmakshatriya (CS12B1004), Bhatu Pratik (CS12B1010), ...

Discussion Google-group: popl1-aug15 AT iith DOT ac DOT in Join Group (only with IITH email-IDs)
Classes: Mon: 9:00am-10:30am, Wed: 1:30pm-3:00pm (Lunch Time); Room: 007 in Kandi Campus

Credits: CS2400:CS2401 1:1
Prerequisites: CS2400 and CS2401: 2nd year CS B.Techs who have completed IITH courses in C programming and data-structures; Also, a concurrent registration to both CS2400 and CS2401 is compulsory.

Course Description (CS2400)

The objective of CS2400 course is to learn basic principles of programming languages: their concepts, constructs, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The course will focus on the classic programming language paradigms of Imperative and Object Oriented.

This course will focus on understanding some aspects of Imperative and Object Oriented paradigms using C/C++, Java and Python as languages.

Course Description (CS2401)

A large part of CS2401 lab would be in understanding the syntax or semantics of a variety of languages which fall under various paradigms like Imperative (C/C++), Object Oriented (C++, Java, Python). It would be a hands on approach involving writing programs in new programming languages. There would also be projects that involve writing mini-translators for some of the above languages.

CS2401 is the B.Tech lab accompanying the corresponding B.Tech course CS2400. For registrants of CS2400, a registration to CS2401 is compulsory. A major means of evaluation of CS2401 would be the above programming assignments.

Lecture Schedule

26th-Oct-2015	Organization & Logistics, An Overview of Programming Languages Acknowledgements
TBD

References:

[Text Book] [PLP] Programming Language Pragmatics by Michael L. Scott, 3rd Edition, 2009 link
[Text Book] Programming Languages: Concepts and Constructs by Ravi Sethi, 2nd Edition, 1996
[Text/Ref. Book] Concepts in Programming Languages by John C. Mitchell, 2003 link
[Ref. Book] How to Design Programs by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, Shriram Krishnamurthi htdp book link
[Coursera] Coursera course on Compilers by Prof. Dan Grossman at University of Washington, 2012-2014 Coursera Programming Languages

Language References:

[C] The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, 2nd Edition (1989)
[C++] The C++ Programming Language, Bjarne Stroustrup, 3rd or 4th editions (1997/2013)
[C++] A Tour of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, (2013) link
[Java] The Java Programming Language by Ken Arnold, James Gosling, David Holmes, 4th Edition, 2005
[Scheme] The Scheme Programming Language, R. Kent Dybvig, 4th edition. link
[Scheme/Racket] Racket
[Lambda Calculus] An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus, Greg Michaelson link (PS file)
[ML]
[Python] A Short Introduction to Python by Prof. V. Vinay
[Python] Python Tutorial and Reference from link
[Javascript] JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford, 2008 link Crockford's website
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Some Class Links:

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Some Miscellaneous/Fun Links:

Epigrams in Programming by Alan J Perlis link
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years by Peter Norvig link
A History of Computer Programming Languages by Andrew D. Ferguson link
The History of Programming Languages from O'Reilly Media link from Levenez's site
History of Programming Languages (HOPL) conference HOPL-I link (1978) (from ACM-DL) HOPL-II link (1997) (from ACM-DL) HOPL-III link (2007) (from ACM-DL)
The next 700 programming languages: a 1966 article by Landin link
Concise explanation of many Programming Language terms link (PS file). The above is from the Programming Language Essentials by Henri E. Bal and Dick Grune
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Grading (CS2400)

Activity	Weight
Class Participation and Attendance	10%
Written Homeworks	20%
End Term Exam	70%

Grading (CS2401)

Activity	Weight
Programming Assignments	30%
Programming Exam	70%

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