CSCI 170 - Analysis Of Programming Languages

Type of Course: Lecture
Deals with the issues of the design and implementation of programming languages from both the syntactic and the semantic point of view. Topics include: the representation of rules of syntax, using context-free grammars, parsing, semantic constructs, control structures, implementation of procedures and parameters, implementation of recursion and an introduction to the organization of compilers. A typical group term project may be to design and implement a compiler or interpreter for the actual implementation of some language.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites for this course require a grade of C or better in CSCI 121  and MATH 114 .


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