CSc 372 Comparative Programming Languages - Schedule

Introduction

Week 1

Lecture #1, Mon, Aug 22: Administrivia, Introduction

Grading policy
Course content
Lecture note #0 (Administrivia) handed out.
Programming Paradigms
Lecture note #1 (Introduction) handed out.

Haskell

Lecture #2, Wed, Aug 24: Introduction to Functional Programming

Introduction to functional programming.
Lecture note #2 (Functional Programming) handed out.

Lecture #3, Fri, Aug 26: Introduction

Introduction to Haskell
Lecture note #3 (Haskell --- Introduction) handed out.

Week 2

Lecture #4, Mon, Aug 29: Basics

Basic types
Lecture note #4 (Haskell --- Basics) handed out.

Lecture #5, Wed, Aug 31: Functions

Function definitions
Lecture note #5 (Haskell --- Function Definitions) handed out.

Lecture #6, Fri, Sep 2: Lists

Lists
Lecture note #6 (Haskell --- Lists) handed out.
Assignment 1 (Haskell Assignment 1) handed out.

Week 3

Lecture #7, Mon, Sep 5: No class

Labor Day

Lecture #8, Wed, Sep 7: Patterns

Lists, continued
Lecture note #7 (Haskell --- Patterns) handed out.

Lecture #9, Fri, Sep 9: Examples

Patterns
Function Examples
Lecture note #8 (Haskell --- Function Examples) handed out.

Week 4

Lecture #10, Mon, Sep 12: Currying

Curried functions
Lecture note #9 (Haskell --- Curried Functions) handed out.
Assignment 1 (Haskell Assignment 1) is due.
Assignment 2 (Haskell Assignment 2) handed out.

Lecture #11, Wed, Sep 14: Currying

Lecture #12, Fri, Sep 16: Function composition

Lecture note #10 (Haskell --- Polymorphic Functions) handed out.
Higher-order Functions
Lecture note #11 (Haskell --- Higher-Order Functions) handed out.
Assignment 2 (Haskell Assignment 2) is due.
Assignment 3 (Haskell Assignment 3) handed out.

Week 5

Lecture #13, Mon, Sep 19: List Comprehension

Lecture note #12 (Haskell --- Composing Functions) handed out.
List Comprehension
Lecture note #13 (Haskell --- List Comprehension) handed out.

Lecture #14, Wed, Sep 21: Lazy lists

Data types
Lecture note #14 (Haskell --- Lazy Evaluation) handed out.

Lecture #15, Fri, Sep 23: Lazy Evaluation

Week 6

Lecture #16, Mon, Sep 26: Haskell Exercises

Lecture note #15 (Haskell --- Exercises) handed out.

Prolog

Lecture #17, Wed, Sep 28: Introduction

Introduction to Prolog
Lecture note #16 (Prolog --- Introduction) handed out.

Lecture #18, Fri, Sep 30: Basics

Prolog types
Lecture note #17 (Prolog --- Basics) handed out.

Week 7

Lecture #19, Mon, Oct 3: Structures

Prolog structures
Lecture note #18 (Prolog --- Structures) handed out.

Lecture #20, Wed, Oct 5: Matching

Prolog matching
Lecture note #19 (Prolog --- Matching) handed out.

Lecture #21, Fri, Oct 7: Matching

Matching

Week 8

Lecture #22, Mon, Oct 10: Matching

Matching

Lecture #23, Wed, Oct 12: TBA

Review
Assignment 3 (Haskell Assignment 3) is due.

Lecture #24, Fri, Oct 14: TBA

Midterm
Assignment 4 (Prolog Assignment 1) handed out.

Week 9

Lecture #25, Mon, Oct 17: Execution

Prolog Execution
Lecture note #20 (Prolog --- Execution) handed out.

Lecture #26, Wed, Oct 19: Lists

Lists
Lecture note #21 (Prolog --- Lists) handed out.

Lecture #27, Fri, Oct 21: Lists

Lists

Week 10

Lecture #28, Mon, Oct 24: Lists

Lists
Assignment 4 (Prolog Assignment 1) is due.
Assignment 5 (Prolog Assignment 2) handed out.

Lecture #29, Wed, Oct 26: Database

Database
Lecture note #22 (Prolog --- The Database) handed out.

Lecture #30, Fri, Oct 28: Negation

Prolog Programming Techniques
Lecture note #23 (Prolog --- Negation) handed out.
Halloween Party at Collberg's House on Sunday!!!

Week 11

Lecture #31, Mon, Oct 31: Techniques

Prolog Programming Techniques

Lecture #32, Wed, Nov 2: Exercises

Prolog Exercises
Lecture note #25 (Prolog --- Exercises) handed out.

Lecture #33, Fri, Nov 4:

Assignment 5 (Prolog Assignment 2) is due.
Assignment 6 (Prolog Assignment 3) handed out.

Week 12

Lecture #34, Mon, Nov 7: 2nd Order

2nd Order Predicates
Lecture note #26 (Prolog --- Second-Order Predicates) handed out.

Lecture #35, Wed, Nov 9: DCGs

Definite Clause Grammars
Lecture note #27 (Prolog --- Grammars) handed out.

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Lecture #36, Fri, Nov 11: Veterans' Day

No lecture

Week 13

Lecture #37, Mon, Nov 14: Introduction

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Lecture note #28 (Icon --- Introduction) handed out.
Read Chapter 1, Icon Programming Language Handbook

Lecture #38, Wed, Nov 16: Basics

Assignment 6 (Prolog Assignment 3) is due.
Assignment 7 (Icon Assignment 1) handed out.
Lecture note #29 (Icon --- Basics) handed out.

Lecture #39, Fri, Nov 18: Control Structures

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Week 14

Lecture #40, Mon, Nov 21: Control Structures

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Lecture note #30 (Icon --- Control Structures) handed out.

Lecture #41, Wed, Nov 23: TBA

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Assignment 7 (Icon Assignment 1) is due.
Assignment 8 (Icon Assignment 2) handed out.

Lecture #42, Fri, Nov 25: TBA

Thanksgiving

Week 15

Lecture #43, Mon, Nov 28: Data structures

Lecture note #31 (Icon --- Data Structures) handed out.

Lecture #44, Wed, Nov 30: Generators

Lecture note #32 (Icon --- Procedures) handed out.
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Lecture #45, Fri, Dec 2: Generators

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Lecture note #33 (Icon --- Generators) handed out.

Week 16

Lecture #46, Mon, Dec 5: String scanning

Lecture note #34 (Icon --- String Scanning) handed out.
Lecture note #35 (Icon --- Builtins) handed out.
Lecture note #36 (Icon --- Exercises) handed out.

Review

Lecture #47, Wed, Dec 7:

Review
Assignment 8 (Icon Assignment 2) is due.