PB006 Principles of Programming Languages

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Libor Škarvada (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: RNDr. Libor Škarvada
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:50 D3
Prerequisites
A basic knowledge of one imperative and one functional language is beneficial.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides the students with information about programming paradigms and basic concepts used in programming languages. Objectives: bring together different aspects of various languages and classify their principles.
Syllabus
  • Brief history of programming languages, overview of basic programming paradigms.
  • Syntax, language, program. Abstract and concrete syntax.
  • Static semantics. Typing, validation functions.
  • Name spaces, visibility of program items. Block structure and modular structure.
  • Types and type systems. Ground types, type constructors. Polymorphic types, parametric polymorphism and subtype polymorphism, overloading, type classes.
  • Subtypes, inherence. Types as sorts, types as signatures, types as theories.
  • Semantics, computation.
  • Imperative paradigm. Commands, state, memory locations, state transformers, mutable variables, destructive assignment.
  • Functional paradigm. Expressions. functions, variables. Application, abstraction, reduction strategies.
  • Logic paradigm. Formulae, predicates, satisfiability. Horn clauses, resolution, unification.
  • Concurrency, communication. Deadlock. Interrupts, events. Semaphores, mutual exclusion, critical sections.
  • Call by value, call by name. Call by result, by value-result.
Literature
  • WATT, Alan H. and Muffy THOMAS. Programming language syntax and semantics. New York: Prentice Hall, 1991, xvi, 389 s. ISBN 0-13-726266-3. info
  • TENNENT, R. D. Principles of programming languages. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall International, 1981, xiv, 271 s. ISBN 0-13-709873-1. info
Teaching methods
The course is organized as a series of lectures.
Assessment methods
Evaluation: final written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~libor/vyuka/PB006/
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