CS 341 - Principles of Programming Languages Fall 2024

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Course Information

• Course Information Page
• Syllabus

Homework Assignments

• Readings
• Moodle
• Homework #1 due class 8 (Thursday 9/19) - in class, demonstrate maximum/factorial work due class 6 (Thursday 9/12)
• Homework #2 due class 3 (Tuesday 9/3)
• Homework #3 due class 5 (Tuesday 9/10)
• Homework #4 due class 7 (Tuesday 9/17)
• Homework #5 due class 9 (Tuesday 9/24)
• Homework #6 (ms1) due class 11 (Tuesday 10/1)
• Homework #7 (ms2) due class 13 (Tuesday 10/8)
• Homework #8 (ms3) due class 15 (Thursday 10/17)
• Homework #9 (ms4) due class 16 (Tuesday 10/22)
• Homework #10 (ms5) due class 18 (Tuesday 10/29)
• Homework #11 (py1) due class 21 (Thursday 11/7)
• Homework #12 due class 25 (Thursday 11/21)
• Homework #13 due class 28 (Thursday 12/5)
• Fourth Hour Homework: Language Design
  • Phase 1 due class 14 (Thursday 10/10)
  • Phase 2 (ld2) due class 20 (Tuesday 11/5)
  • Phase 3 (ld3) due class 23 (Thursday 11/14)
  • Phase 4 (ld4) due class 26 (Tuesday 11/26)

Online Resources

• How to learn a high-level programming language:
  1. Learn the basic syntax for common high-level programming constructs by programming simple algorithms (somewhat like pidgin language learning). One can also create "Rosetta Stone" code demonstrations where you you're always seeking to recreate the same computations across different general-purpose programming languages.
  2. Immerse yourself in good programming examples to learn the common idioms programmers of that language use. (fluency)
  3. Program, program, and program more.  Although basic functional knowledge of a language can come quickly, deep fluency can take years.
• Scheme:
• Local Tutorial: Scheme for Java Programmers
• Standard Scheme Language Reference (R5RS) (PDF, HTML also here)
• Dr. Racket (formerly Dr. Scheme) home page
• How To Design Programs text
• Fold: Wikipedia page, Community-Scheme-Wiki page, Stack Overflow reduce examples
• Filter: Wikipedia page,
• (my other car is a cdr) (plate image 1, plate image 2, site)
• JavaCC
  • JavaCC LL(k) parser generator for Java
  • Eclipse JavaCC Plugin Home
  • JavaCC Documentation
  • JavaCC Lookahead Tutorial
  • Java Tree Builder (JTB) - abstract syntax class generator for JavaCC grammars
• Python:
  • Python 3 Documentation (Tutorials, References, etc.)
  • Python for Java Programmers
  • Python for Lisp Programmers
  • How to Write a Lisp Interpreter in Python
  • Textbooks:
    • Beginner:
      • How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python 3 Documentation (2020, free PDF)
      • Think Python 2nd Edition (2015, free PDF, related to previous)
      • Fun examples: Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners by Al Sweigart (HTML)
      • Other possibilities: Hackr.io Best Python Books for Beginners & Advanced Coders
    • Python Data Science:
      • A Whirlwind Tour of Python by Jake VanderPlas (Jupyter notebooks of the text, PDF)
      • Python Data Science Handbook by Jake VanderPlas (Jupyter notebooks of the text, HTML)
• Rust:
  • Wikipedia Overview
  • Official Rust Learning Resources (Book, Course, Examples, Documentation)
• Flutter / Dart
  • Flutter Learning Resources, Documentation, and Examples (under "Samples & tutorials")
  • Dart Documentation, and Examples (under "Samples & tutorials")
  • Hackr.io Recommendations for Flutter Tutorials and Courses
• Lecture Examples
• General:
  • Stanford CS250 Computer Languages Chart
  • Programming Language Popularity:
    • Tiobe Programming Community Index
    • IEEE Spectrum Top Programming Languages
    • PYPL Popularity of Programming Language Index
    • A Critique of Programming Language Popularity Metrics
    • Animation of Most Popular Programming Languages 1965 - 2022
• Humor:
  • The International Obfuscated C Code Contest
  • How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot in Any Programming Language (1, 2)
  • How to Build a Horse
  • Humor and 2016 programming language perspective from a Javascript evangelist