CSCI 2325 Principles of Programming Languages Introduction - - PDF document

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CSCI 2325 Principles of Programming Languages

Introduction

Mohammad T . Irfan mirfan@bowdoin.edu www.bowdoin.edu/~mirfan Office Hours: Mon 2:30—4:30 Tue 4—6

Course Information

u Syllabus u Grading, etc. u www.bowdoin.edu/~mirfan/CSCI-2325.html

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How to ace this course?

u Stay organized u Conceptualize theory with examples u Start early with the assignments

u Set aside a lot of time for debugging

u Ask lots of questions!

What is a programming language?

u Beginning of computer programs https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=uBbVbqRvqTM u Natural language vs. programming language

u 2 key differences

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Why this course?

u Express ideas better u Learn new language fast

u Tiobe index

http://bit.ly/19fhRoL u Better use of known languages u Choose an “appropriate” language

u Emergence of data science

http://bit.ly/1wb97wH u Better understanding of implementation

What will be covered?

u Two parts

u Principles u Paradigms

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Principles (~8 weeks)

u Syntax u Semantics u Names and types u Functions u Memory management

Paradigms (~5 weeks)

u Imperative u Object-oriented programming (OOP) u Web u Logic

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Art of language design

u Architecture u Technical setting u Standards u Legacy systems

Goals of language design

u Simplicity and readability u Clarity about binding u Reliability u Good support u Good library base u Orthogonality u Efficient implementation

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Designed a language; what’s next?

Compilers vs. interpreters