Description: This course examines concepts and structures governing the design and implementation of programming languages. It presents an introduction to concepts of compilers and run-time representations of programming languages; features of programming languages supporting abstraction; and programming language paradigms including procedural programming, functional programming, object-oriented programming, polymorphism, and concurrency. Programs will be required in languages illustrating each of these paradigms.

Format: lectures/labs. Evaluation will be based on weekly problem sets and programming assignments, a midterm examination and a final examination.

Fulfills the Quantitative Reasoning requirement

Prerequisites: Computer Science 136.

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Scheduled Offerings:

	Spring 09	334-01	(LEC)	TR	9:55-11:10	McGuire
	Spring 10	334-01	(LEC)	TR	9:55-11:10	Freund