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Concepts of programming language design

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Course code:INFOMCPD
Credits:7.5 ECTS
Period:period 2 (week 46 through 5, i.e., 9-11-2020 through 5-2-2021; retake week 16)
Timeslot:C
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Schedule:Official schedule representation can be found in MyTimetable
Teachers:
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lecture          Gabriele Keller
tutorial group 1        Ron Vanderfeesten
Note:No up-to-date course description available.
Text below is from year 2019/2020
Contents:This course aims to teach students the concepts and principles of programming languages and program language design.
Literature:May change!
There is no book, but there are lecture notes for most of the topics. In addition, articles, slides, and background reading will be provided during the course.
Course form:The course will consist of a mix of lectures and presentations by students.
Exam form:To complete the course students will need to:
  • Complete a project component, which can be done by either
    • completing a small research project (in a group) and
    • present this project in a report (in a group)
    or by
    • completing two programming assignments and
    • writing a report
  • and take a final exam
The final mark is the average of the exam and project marks. To pass the course, both these marks must be at least 4.0.
Minimum effort to qualify for 2nd chance exam:To qualify for the retake exam, the grade of the original must be at least 4.
Description:Upon completing the course, students will:
  1. Understand what constitutes the definition of a programming language (syntax, static semantics, and dynamic semantics), together with common terminology used in the description and definition of programming languages (such as calling conventions, type systems, garbage collection).
  2. Be able to formulate and design domain specific languages, either as embedded or stand-alone language, while understanding the relative merits of these two approaches.
  3. Being able to formulate a simple language's syntax, static semantics, and dynamic semantics and understand the design choices involved.
  4. Be able to learn new languages quickly and be able to identify how new languages relate to existing concepts and languages.
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