CSC254

Spring 2026 - TR 1525-1640 - Meliora 221

Mon Day DOW Special Class Lecture Unit Topic Reading Project
1 20 T   1 0 Introduction Intro PLP 1.0-1.3  
1 22 R   2 1   Compilation and Interpretation PLP 1.4-1.5, 1.7  
1 27 T   3 2 Syntax Lexical Analysis (Scanning) PLP 2.0-2.2; CS 2.4  
1 29 R   4 3   Parsing: Top-down, Predictive, Recursive descent PLP 2.3.0-2.3.2  
2 3 T   5 4   Parsing: Bottom-up, Error recovery PLP 2.3.3; CS 2.3.5 Project 1 Due
2 5 R   6 5 Names Binding, Storage PLP 3.0-3.2  
2 10 T   7 6   Scope PLP 3.3-3.4  
2 12 R   8 7   Meaning of Names, Binding of Reference Environments, Macros PLP 3.5-3.7, 3.9  
2 17 T   9 8 Semantics Program Semantics, Abstract Syntax TreesPLP 4.0-4.2 PLP 4.0-4.5  
2 19 R   10 9   Formal Semantics: Dynamic, Static, Soundness PLP 4.3-4.5, 4.7  
2 24 T   11 10 Control Flow Expressions, sequencing, and selection PLP 6.0-6.4  
2 26 R   12 11   Iteration and recursion PLP 6.5-6.6  
3 3 T   13 12   Nondeterminacy PLP 6.7-6.8 (CS 6.7) Project 2 Due
3 5 R   14   Midterm Exam 1 Midterm Exam 1    
3 10 T Spring Break            
3 12 R Spring Break            
3 17 T   15 13 Code Generation and Runtime Systems Code Generation, Assembly PLP 15.0-15.3  
3 19 R   16 14 Type Systems Type Checking PLP 7.0-7.2  
3 24 T   17 15   Generics, Polymorphism, Equality PLP 7.3-7.6  
3 26 R   18 16 Composite Types Records and Arrays PLP 8.0-8.4  
3 31 T   19 17   Pointers and Recursive Types PLP 8.5  
4 2 R   20 18 Control Abstraction Subroutines, Calling Sequences, Parameter Passing PLP 9.0-9.3  
4 7 T   21 19   Exceptions, Events, Asynchronous Programming PLP 9.4, 9.6-9.8 Project 3 Due
4 9 R   22 20 Object Orientation (Data Abstraction) Review and implementation PLP 10.0-10.5  
4 14 T   23 21 Concurrency Threads PLP 13.0-13.2.3, 9.5, 13.2.4  
4 16 R   24 22   Synchronization, Language Mechanisms PLP 13.3-13.4  
4 21 T   25 23 Run-Time Program Management Virtual Machines, JVM, JIT, Reflection PLP 16.0-16.1.1, 16.2 (through HotSpot example), 16.3 (Java only)  
4 23 R   26 24 Functional Programming A Little Bit of Scheme/Lisp PLP 11.0-11.2, 8.6, 11.3  
4 28 T   27 25   Evaluation Order, Higher-order Functions PLP 11.5-11.6, 11.8-11.9 Project 4 Due
4 30 R   28   Midterm Exam 2 Midterm Exam 2    

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