COSC 325 - Principles of Programming Languages (4)

Study of the history of programming languages and styles; examination of programming paradigms and special purpose languages; syntax and semantics, grammars, bindings, symbol tables, data types, scoping, parameter passing, abstract data types, design and implementation of (part of) a compiler; empirical comparisons of various algorithms and programming paradigms; and utility of interactive tools and environments. Recommended Prereq/Co-req: COSC 200. Prereqs: Grades of C or better in COSC 305 and MATH 150 or MATH 240. Offered: Spring.