CSCE 330: Programming Language Structures

TTH 2:00PM-3:15PM SWGN 2A19

Prerequisites: CSCE 212, CSCE 245, MATH 374

Instructor: Marco Valtorta
Office: Swaeringen 3A55, 777-4641
E-mail: mgv@cse.sc.edu
Office Hours: MWF 1030-1130 or by previous appointment.
Teaching Assistant: Ravi Katpelly
Office 3D11, katpelly@cse.sc.edu Office Hours: TTh 1300-1400, Phone 777-8944

Syllabus

Grading Policy

Reference materials:

  • Ghezzi, Carlo and Mehdi Jazayeri. Programming Language Concepts. Wiley, 1998 (required text, referred to as [G]). Supplementary materials from the authors, including an errata list, are available. A local copy of the simplesem interpreter is available as a zip archive (simple.zip) at ftp://ftp.cse.sc.edu/pub/valtorta/. Simplesem has also been installed on the departmental Sun workstations (rivers and constellations): see /usr/local/etc/csce330. See below for an introduction to Simplesem and its use.
  • Ullman, Jeffrey D. Elements of ML Programming: ML97 Edition. Prentice-Hall, 1998 (required text, referred to as [U]). Supplementary materials from the author, including an errata list, are available.
  • The current departmental syllabus and the old departmental syllabus for CSCI 330 list the following goals for the course: Specific objectives of this course are:

    Lecture Log

    Student Presentations
    Student presentation information

    Lecture Notes

    Homework, Tests, and Programs

    Quizzes
    Quiz 1 of 04-01-15 (in postscript format, with answer)
    Quiz 2 of 04-01-22 (in postscript format, with answer)
    Quiz 3 of 04-01-29 (in postscript format, with answer)
    Quiz 4 of 04-02-05 (in postscript format, with answer)
    Quiz 5 of 04-02-10 (in postscript format, with answer)
    Quiz 6 of 04-02-12 (in postscript format, with answer)
    Quiz 7 of 04-02-24 (in postscript format, with answer)
    Quiz 8 of 04-03-04 (in postscript format, with answer)
    Quiz 9 of 04-04-01 (in postscript format, with answer)

    ML Information

    Prolog Information

    Some useful links:
    In this class, we write dates according to ISO Standard 8601.
    Introduction to Simplesem and its use.
    Paper by Paul Graham on John McCarthy's original LISP interpreter.
    Local copy of the paper on the original LISP interpreter: postscript, two pages per sheet.
    Note for lectures on the LISP interpreter (in postcript)
    Paper by Paul Graham on a large application of LISP.
    AutoLISP is used in AutoCAD
    How to view postscript in Windows: Wim Sweldens's web page on GSview.
    Carter Bays's FP interpreter
    Norman Matloff's Introduction to the vi Text editor
    Norman Matloff's Unix Tutorial Center
    John McCarthy, developer of LISP, wins the Franklin Medal