Midterm Topics
Overview
The midterm will cover everything we've done thus far. The format will be
short answer. Below are the topics you can expect to be on the exam:
Lexing and Parsing
- The role of lexing and parsing, such as what is done at each stage.
- Be able to understand lexer and parser rules. For instance, be able to
derive a string from a grammar, or say that it cannot be derived.
- Write simple lexer and parser rules using regex / CFG notation.
- Know the difference between top-down and bottom-up parsing.
Racket
- Be able to read and answer questions about short Racket programs.
- Be able to write expressions and short bits of code in Racket.
- Understand the "homoiconicity" of Lisp languages and what this lets one do, i.e. macros.
- Understand what the higher-order functions we discussed do.
General
- Be able to compare imperative vs. Functional programming.
- Be able to define strong, static, dynamic and weak type systems.
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