Principles of Programming Languages

Course Name: Principles of Programming Languages

Course Code: xxx

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Course Prerequisites: Students should have a solid mathematical foundation, good programming skills in an imperative or object-oriented language and be familiar with basic data structures and algorithms. These prerequisites are covered in the following courses:

• C Programming (CP)
• Object Oriented Programming through C++ (OOP C++)
• Object Oriented Programming through Java (OOP Java)
• Data Structures (DS)
• Engineering Mathematics (M-I, M-II)
• Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS)
• Finite Language and Automata Theory (FLAT)

Course Objectives: To learn the key concepts and to get a basic understanding of the most popular programming paradigms and languages, including their strengths and weaknesses and to learn writing small programs in different programming languages.

Course Outcomes: Following are the key outcomes for this course:

• Ability to describe the syntax and semantics of programming languages and gain practical knowledge in lexical analysis and parsing phases of a compiler
• Ability to assess the merits and demerits of different constructs in programming languages
• Ability to design and implement sub programs in various programming languages
• Knowledge regarding different programming language features like object-orientation, concurrency, exception handling and event handling
• Knowledge regarding functional paradigm and ability to write small programs using Scheme and ML
• Knowledge regarding logic paradigm and ability to write small programs using Prolog

Text Books:

• Concepts of Programming Languages, Robert W. Sebesta, Tenth Edition, Addison Wesley, 2012 [T1]

  

• Programming Languages, Principles & Paradigms, Second Edition, Allen B Tucker, Robert E Noonan, TMH [T2]