Programming Languages

CS320, Spring Semester, 2021

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 (Youtube & Zoom)

Textbook

• 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: 30%

• Final Exam: 40%

• Project: 20%

• Attendance/Quiz/Homework: 10%