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Principles of Programming Languages

24CSE655 · S6 · 4 credits

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Modules

Module 01Introduction (7 hrs)expand

Introduction – Role of Programming Languages, Programming Domains, Language Evaluation Criteria, Influence on Language Design, Language Design Trade-offs, Implementation Methods. Names, Bindings & Scope – Names, Variables, Concept of Binding, Scope and Lifetime, Referencing Environments.

Module 02Data Types and Exppressions (7 hrs)expand

Data Types – Primitive Data Types, Character String Types, User-Defined Ordinal Types, Array Types, Record Types, List Types, Pointer & Reference Types, Type Checking, Strong Typing, Type Equivalence. Expressions – Arithmetic Expressions, Overloaded Operators, Type Conversions, Relational and Boolean Expressions, Short- Circuit Evaluation. Assignment - Assignment Statements, Mixed-mode Assignment.

Module 03Control Structures,Subprograms (7 hrs)expand

Statement-Level Control Structures – Selection Statements, Iterative Statements, Unconditional Branching, Guarded Commands. Subprograms – Design Issues of Subprograms, Local Referencing Environments, Parameter Passing Methods, Subprograms as Parameters, Overloaded Subprograms, Closures, Co-routines.

Module 04Object Oriented Programming Concepts (7 hrs)expand

Support for Object Oriented Programming – Inheritance, Dynamic Binding, Design Issues for Object Oriented Languages, Support for Object Oriented Programming in C++, Implementation of Object-oriented Constructs. Exception Handling – Basic Concepts, Design Issues.

Module 05Concurrency,Functional and Logical Programming (7 hrs)expand

Concurrency – Subprogram Level Concurrency, Semaphores, Monitors, Message Passing.Functional Programming Languages – Introduction to LISP and Scheme, Comparison of Functional and Imperative Languages. Logic Programming Languages – Basic Elements of Prolog, Applications of Logic Programming.

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