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Course Catalog 2010-2011
OHJ-2056 Principles of Programming Languages, 5 cr |
Person responsible
Matti Rintala
Requirements
Examination, programming project, and weekly exercises.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning
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Learning outcomes
Student is able to explain general principles and basic concepts of programming languages, at a higher level than that of a single programming language. Student understands the effects of these principles to language implementation and use, and is able to choose a suitable programming language for his purposes.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Syntax description (context-free grammars). Basic parsing mechanism. Parsing algorithms (LL and LR). | Chomsky's four classes of languages. Knowing more parsing algorithms besides LL and LR. Describing axiomatic semantics. | Formal description of semantics (denotational, operational). |
| 2. | Implementation choices and implementation principles of the most common programming language features. | Detailed implementation of some features in a certain programming language. | |
| 3. | Principles of memory management, e.g., the content and importance of activation records. | Implementation of activation records in a certain computer architecture. | |
| 4. | Basic knowledge of different programming paradigms. Understanding programs written in different paradigms (functional, logic, concurrent). | Writing small programs in different programming paradigms. | Writing real programs in a certain paradigm other than the most common ones. |
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | Concepts of programming languages | Sebesta | Fifth or sixth edition | English | |||
| Book | Ohjelmointikielet - periaatteet, käsitteet, valintaperusteet | Maarit Harsu | 952-14-0981-9 | Suomi | |||
| Lecture slides | Harsu, Geldenhuys | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| OHJ-1406 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming | Mandatory | 1 |
| OHJ-2016 Utilization of Data Structures | Mandatory | 1 |
| OHJ-1156 Programming II | Mandatory |
1 . At least one of the courses is required
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Correspondence of content
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Additional information
Will not be lectured year 2010-2011