CS103 Programming Languages: Fall 2005

Instructor: Prof. Christian Skalka, skalka@cs.uvm.edu
Office hours: T 3:45PM-4:45PM and W 2:00PM-4:00PM, Votey 379
Lecture: TR 2:00PM-3:15PM, Votey 367

GTF: AJ Qiang Jing, qjing@cs.uvm.edu
Office hours: W 11:00AM-12:30PM and F 12:00PM-1:00PM, Votey 343

Course description: Systematic treatment of principles underlying the features and implementation of programming languages.

To get an understanding of what the study of Programming Languages is, and why it's relevant in a general sense, read the very interesting essay The Role of Programming Languages in the Education of a Programmer.

Reference materials (that's right, they're free!):

Programming Languages, by Smith and Grant. Link includes:
- Course textbook, in HTML and postscript
- DDK development kit (for writing interpreters)
Introduction to Objective Caml by Jason Hickey
- 2-up postscript file to save paper if printing
Developing Applications with Objective Caml, by E. Chailloux, O. Manoury, and B. Pagano

Software (likewise, free!):

The OCaml programming language
Emacs (suggested text editor for programming)
Documentation for the submit program

Coursework: