| Meeting Times: | Monday and Wednesday, 2:00 - 3:15, Farmer 036 |
| Instructor: | Ian Finlayson |
| Email: | ifinlay@umw.edu |
| Office: | Farmer 043 |
| Office Hours: | Monday & Wednesday 9-12, or by appointment. |
A course in programming language construction and design emphasizing the run-time behavior of programs. Alternative implementations of programming language constructs are considered. Techniques for language definition may also be discussed.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
There is a 10% per day late penalty on assignments that are not turned in on time. Final grades will not be rounded up, and no extra credit opportunities will be given on an individual basis.
The University provides the opportunity to provide grading feedback midway through the semester. This will take into account your score on the mid-term exam and the programming projects submitted up to that point. Any student receiving less than a 65% on either of these will receive a "U" for their mid-semester grade. If this happens to you, please don't hesitate to talk with me about how we can improve your performance in this class.
Students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the letter and spirit of the Honor Constitution and CPSC department honor policy
For projects, you may discuss the ideas with other students, but all of your work must be your own. You must yourself write and understand everything in each assignment you submit. It is an honor code violation to copy directly from another student either by copy and paste or by transcription, or to copy from the web or online AI tool.
For exams, you can not talk to anyone during the exam, or use any kind of notes.
If you have any questions or need clarification, please don't hesitate to contact me!
The Office of Disability Resources has been designated by the university as the primary office to guide, counsel, and assist students with disabilities. If you receive services through the Office of Disability Resources and require accommodations for this class, please provide me a copy of your accommodation letter via email or during a meeting. I encourage you to follow-up with me about your accommodations and needs within this class. I will hold any information you share with me in the strictest confidence unless you give me permission to do otherwise.
If you have not made contact with the Office of Disability Resources and have reasonable accommodation needs, their office is located in Seacobeck 005, phone number is (540) 654-1266 and email is odr@umw.edu. The office will require appropriate documentation of disability.
University of Mary Washington faculty are committed to supporting students and upholding the University’s Policy on Sexual and Gender Based Harassment and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence. Under Title IX and this Policy, discrimination based upon sex or gender is prohibited. If you experience an incident of sex or gender based discrimination, we encourage you to report it. While you may talk to me, understand that as a “Responsible Employee” of the University, I MUST report to UMW’s Title IX Coordinator what you share. If you wish to speak to someone confidentially, please contact the confidential resources found below. They can connect you with support services and help you explore your options. You may also seek assistance from UMW’s Title IX Coordinator, their contact information can be found below. Please visit http://diversity.umw.edu/title-ix/ to view UMW’s Policy on Sexual and Gender Based Harassment and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence and to find further information on support and resources.
Classroom activities in this course may be recorded by student's enrolled in the course for the personal, educational use of that student or for all students presently enrolled in the class only, and may not be further copied, distributed, published or otherwise used for any other purpose without the express written consent of the course instructor. All students are advised that classroom activities may be taped by students for this purpose. Distribution or sale of class recordings is prohibited without the written permission of the instructor and other students who are recorded. Distribution without permission is a violation of copyright law. This policy is consistent with UMW's Policy on Recording Class and Distribution of Course Materials.
| Date | Topic | Assignment Due |
|---|---|---|
| January 15 | No class, MLK Day | |
| January 17 | Course Introduction | |
| January 22 | Lexical Analysis | |
| January 24 | Type Systems | |
| January 29 | Context-free Grammars | |
| January 31 | Syntax Analysis | |
| February 5 | Parsing with ANTLR | Sloth Lexer |
| February 7 | Racket Programming | |
| February 12 | Racket Programming | |
| February 14 | Racket Programming | |
| February 19 | Interpretation | Sloth Parser |
| February 21 | Interpretation Continued | |
| February 26 | Review and Catchup | |
| February 28 | Midterm Exam | |
| March 4 |  Spring Break | |
| March 6 | ||
| March 11 | Object-oriented Programming | Racket Programming |
| March 13 | Haskell Programming | |
| March 18 | Haskell Programming | Sloth Interpreter |
| March 20 | Haskell Programming | |
| March 25 | Arrays | |
| March 27 | Lab Work Day | |
| April 1 | ||
| April 3 | ||
| April 8 | Eclipse, No Class | |
| April 10 | Eclipse, No Class | |
| April 15 | Prolog Programming | |
| April 17 | Prolog Programming | Sloth Arrays |
| April 22 | Compiler Optimizations and Garbage Collection | Haskell Programming |
| April 24 | Language Presentations | |
| May 3 | 3:30 - 6:00, Final Exam | |
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