The following is my best guess as to the schedule for this fall.
I will do my best to keep it up to date if and when things change.
I encourage you to check back here on a regular basis.
PLP refers to the textbook.
CD refers to the accompanying compact disc.
icons link to review
questions, which should be completed before coming to class.
They are adapted from the “Check Your Understanding”
questions that appear every 10 pages or so in the text.
Click on the unit name to see my lecture notes.
| Unit | Topics | Reading and Review | Other Assignments (handed out or [where indicated] due) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | |||
| Tues. Sept. 1 | Introduction | PLP 1.0–1.5 | T0: administration (see Blackboard);
A0: Unix tools |
| Thur. Sept. 3 | Structure of a compiler | PLP 1.6–1.7
| T0 due; A1: comparing languages |
| Syntax | |||
| Tues. Sept. 8 | Review of scanning and BNF (DFA construction) | PLP 2.0–2.2;
CD 2.4.0–2.4.1
| T1 due |
| Thur. Sept. 10 | Top-down and bottom-up parsing, error recovery | PLP 2.3.0–2.3.1;
CD 2.3.4 (pp. 1–6)
| |
| Tues. Sept. 15 | Table-driven LL(1) parsing | PLP 2.3.2;
CD 2.3.4 (pp. 10–12) (for A2)
| A1 due last night; A2: LL(1) parsing and error recovery |
| Functional programming | |||
| Thur. Sept. 17 | Intro to Scheme | PLP 10.0–10.3
| T2 due |
| Tues. Sept. 22 | Evaluation order, higher-order functions | PLP 10.4–10.8
| |
| Semantics | |||
| Thur. Sept. 24 | Attribute grammars, action routines | PLP 4.0–4.5
| |
| Tues. Sept. 29 | Decorating a syntax tree | PLP 4.6–4.7, 14.0–14.3
| A2 due last night; A3: interpretation (in Scheme) |
| Names | |||
| Thur. Oct. 1 | Binding time, scope rules | PLP 3.0–3.4
| T3 due |
| (Mon. Oct. 5 | Fall Break) | ||
| Tues. Oct. 6 | Binding rules, separate compilation | PLP 3.5–3.9;
CD 3.8
| |
| Scripting languages | |||
| Thur. Oct. 8 | Overview, Perl | PLP 13.0–13.1, 13.2.4 (Perl), 13.4.2, 13.4.3
| |
| Tues. Oct. 13 | Web scripting | PLP 13.3
| A3 due last night |
| Thur. Oct. 15 | Midterm Exam | A4: cross-indexer | |
| Control flow | |||
| Tues. Oct. 20 | Expressions, sequencing, and selection | PLP 6.0–6.4
| T4 due |
| Thur. Oct. 22 | Iteration and recursion | PLP 6.5–6.8
| |
| Concurrency | |||
| Tues. Oct. 27 | Threads
Guest lecture (Prof. Scott out of town) | PLP 12.0–12.2.3, 8.6, 12.2.4
| |
| Thur. Oct. 29 | Synchronization | PLP 12.3
| |
| Tues. Nov. 3 | Language mechanisms
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE | PLP 12.4–12.6
| |
| Types | |||
| Thur. Nov. 5 | Type systems, type checking | PLP 7.0–7.2
| A4 due last night; A5: concurrency (in Java) |
| Tues. Nov. 10 | Records and arrays | PLP 7.3–7.4
| T5 due |
| Thur. Nov. 12 | Pointers, references, and dynamic storage management | PLP 7.7–7.11
| |
| Subroutines | |||
| Tues. Nov. 17 | Stack management | PLP 8.0–8.2
| |
| Thur. Nov. 19 | Parameter passing, closures | PLP 8.3
| |
| Tues. Nov. 24 | exceptions, events | PLP 8.5.3, 8.7
| A5 due noon Wed. |
| (Thur. Nov. 26 | Thanksgiving) | ||
| Tues. Dec. 1 | Polymorphism
Guest lecture (Prof. Scott out of town) | PLP 3.5.3 (review), 8.4, 9.4.4;
CD 7.2.4, 8.4.4
| A6: templates |
| Thur. Dec. 3 | Virtual machines | PLP 15.0–15.2.1
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| Objects | |||
| Tues. Dec. 8 | Review and implementation
PLEASE be sure to fill out your on-line course evaluation. | PLP Chapter 9 (skim all of it; read 9.4 carefully)
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| Thur. Dec. 10 | Smalltalk; scripting objects | CD 9.6.1; PLP 13.4.4
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| Thur. Dec. 17 | Final exam, 7:15–10:15pm | ||
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