The lecture notes, homework assignments, and programming projects are posted here.

Week 1

Wednesday, 09/09

• Course Overview
• Overview of Programming Languages (I): A brief history
• Project 1

Friday, 09/11

• Overview of Programming Languages (II): Early PLs, Tools to Enable and Facilitate the Use of PLs; Nature of PLS; PL Concepts
• Brief Intro to C (I): C Overview (the sample code is in this note)

Week 2

Monday, 09/14

• Syntax (I): Syntax in English vs. in Programming Languages; Categories of Grammars; Context-free Grammar; BNF, EBNF

Wednesday, 09/16

• Syntax (II): Derivation, Parse Tree, Operator Associativity, Ambiguous Grammars
• Homework 1

Friday, 09/18

• Homework 1 Discussion
• Brief Intro to C (II): Array, String, Struct, Typedef (sample programs are in this note)

Week 3

Monday, 09/21

• Syntax (III): Stages of Compilation, Regular Expressions

Wednesday, 09/23

• Syntax (IV): Abstract Syntax Tree
• Homework 2
• Project 2

Friday, 09/25

• Homework 2 Discussion
• Flex (I): Flex Introduction, and Example 1 (sample programs are in this note)
• Quiz 1

Week 4

Monday, 09/28

• Quiz 1 Discussion
• Flex (II): Example 2 (sample programs are in this note)
• Naming (I): Static/Dynamic Binding, Valid Identifier

Wednesday, 09/30

• Naming (II): Variables, l-value/r-value, Scope and Lifetime
• Homework 3

Friday, 10/02

• Homework 3 Discussion
• Naming (III): Scope and Lifetime (cont.), Header Files (sample code is in this note)

Week 5

Monday, 10/05

• Naming (IV): Dynamic Memory Allocation (sample code is in this note)
• Memory Diagram Example (I)
• Types (I): Overview, Formats, Implicit Conversions

Wednesday, 10/07

• Types (II): Implicit Conversions (cont.), Pointers, Arrays
• Memory Diagram Example (II)
• Homework 4
• Project 3

Friday, 10/09

• Homework 4 Discussion
• Types (III): Multidimensional Arrays
• Quiz 2

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