Programming Languages

CS320, Fall Semester, 2025

This course does not allow for P/NR grading.

The course uses Piazza instead of KLMS. Please join the Piazza class at the following link: https://piazza.com/kaist.ac.kr/fall2025/cs320.

Instructor

Sukyoung Ryu (류석영)

• Email: sryu.cs@kaist.ac.kr

• Office: CS Building Room 4407

• Phone: x3538

• TA Email: cs320_ta@kaist.ac.kr

Hours and Place

• Lectures

  • 14:30 – 15:45 Mondays and Wednesdays, Online & Offline

Lecture Videos & Textbook

• Coursera 1 & Coursera 2

• Introduction to Programming Languages by Jaemin Hong and Sukyoung Ryu

Complementary Materials

• Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation by Shriram Krishnamurthi

• Programming in Scala by Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, and Bill Benners (First edition available for free online)

Overview

The goal of this course is to help students:

1. learn new languages quickly,

2. evaluate various languages and pick the most suitable one for a given task,

3. know when and how to design a little language, and

4. understand the effects of languages on thought and communication.

We will study programming language concepts, not as paradigms but as a set of basic building blocks, by using the Scala programming language to implement interpreters for the concepts.

Grading

• Midterm Exam: 35%

• Final Exam: 45%

• Project: 10%

• Attendance/Quiz/Homework: 10%