The third machine problem has been released! Note that machine problem writeups have been removed from the website; they can be accessed via the README.md file displayed in the repository cloned for you once you accept the assignment.
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The second machine problem has been released!
The first machine problem has been released!
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Welcome to the Fall 2023 edition of CS 440: Programming Languages!
The lecture calendar is tentative and may be updated. All lecture source files can be found in the class GitHub repository.
| Date | Topic | Notes | Reading(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 | Syllabus and Course overview | slides-intro.pdf | Syllabus |
| Aug 25 | Compilers, Interpreters, and Racket | slides-racket.pdf | CI ch. 2 |
| Aug 30 | Intro to Racket and Basic types | 01-intro.rkt | RG chs. 2-3 |
| Sep 1 | Functions and more special forms | 02-functions.rkt | RG ch. 4 |
| Sep 6 | Lists and Recursion | 03-recursion.rkt | BR: Lists |
| Sep 8 - Sep 13 | Higher-order functions | 04-hofs.rkt | |
| Sep 15 - Sep 20 | Macros and Syntax transformers | 05-macros.rkt | RG ch. 16 |
| Sep 22 | Building Languages | 06-lang.rkt | BR: stacker |
| Sep 27 - Sep 29 | Building an Interpreter | 07-interpreters.rkt | PLAI chs. 3-4, RG chs. 5, 12 |
| Oct 4 | Closures | 08-closures.rkt | PLAI chs. 5-6 |
| Oct 6 | Desugaring | 09-desugaring.rkt | |
| Oct 11 | Building interpreters: Recap | interpreters-recap.pdf | |
| Oct 13 - Oct 18 | Big Step Semantics | big-step.pdf | Harper ch. 2 |
| Oct 20 | Midterm Exam | ||
| Oct 25 | Small Step Semantics | ||
| Oct 27 - Nov 1 | Lambda Calculus | lambda-calculus.pdf | λ-calculus Tutorial |
| Nov 3 - Nov 8 | Continuation Passing Style | 10-continuations.rkt | |
| Nov 10 | First-class Continuations | 11-callcc.rkt | BR: Continuations |
| Nov 15 - Nov 17 | Axiomatic Semantics and Hoare Logic | axiomatic.pdf | |
| Nov 22 - Nov 24 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Nov 29 - Dec 1 | Type Systems and Unification | type-systems.pdf | |
| Dec 8 | Final Exam @ 10:30AM in PH 131 |
The following abbreviations for reading materials are used in the lecture calendar:
If you plan on submitting an assignment late, you must use this late day notice form to let us know by the assignment deadline.
| Released | Due | Writeup / Resources | Repo Invite | Max Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | Sep 17 | Basics and Recursion | cs440lang/mp1 | 40 |
| Sep 18 | Sep 29 | HOFs and Symbolic manipulation | cs440lang/mp2 | 55 |
| Oct 9 | Oct 22 | Interpreters | cs440lang/mp3 | 76 |
| Oct 30 | Nov 8 | Big-step semantics, Sample solutions | — | 45 |
| Nov 13 | Nov 22 | Lambda Calculus, Sample solutions | — | 45 |
| Nov 25 | Dec 3 | Axiomatic Semantics, Sample solutions | — | 20 |