CS 3520: Programming Languages
| Fall 2020 | Language | Assignment (due at end of week) |
| Aug 24–28 | Forth | |
| Aug 31–Sep 4 | ||
| Sep 7–11 (Labor Day) | Forth | |
| Sep 14–18 | Standard ML | |
| Sep 21–25 | Standard ML | |
| Sep 28–Oct 2 | Standard ML | |
| Oct 5–9 | Simple interp | Standard ML |
| Oct 12–16 (Fall break) | Lisp interp | Simple interp |
| Oct 19–23 | ||
| Oct 26–30 | Scheme interp | Lisp interp |
| Nov 2–6 | Prolog | Scheme interp |
| Nov 9–13 | Prolog | |
| Nov 16–20 | Prolog | |
| Nov 23–27 (Thanksgiving) | TBD | Prolog |
| Nov 30–Dec 4 |
Changes to the schedule will be announced in class.
Resources
- Syllabus
- Examples from class
- Setting up
sshto connect tocs3520.cs.dixie.eduwithout typing a password:- Written instructions
- Screencast demo (note, the written instructions are slightly simpler—open that page and follow along while you watch the screencast).
Languages
- Forth
- Standard ML slides
- Prolog slides part 1 (first look, rules, operators, lists)
- Prolog slides part 2 (second look, unification, execution model, adventure game)
- Prolog slides part 3 (cost models)
- Prolog slides part 4 (third look, numeric computation, knapsack, 8-queens)
- A half-hour to learn Rust
- Rust via its Core Values
- Language shootout size vs speed
Assignments
See the Canvas listings for assignments and due dates. All homework is submitted using CodeGrinder unless otherwise noted.
Final project languages
In place of a final exam, each student will learn one additional language, write some code in that language, and present it to the rest of the class. Here are a few potential choices:
- Factor (Jacob, Dillon)
- Smalltalk (Logan, Hunter, Micah)
- Haskell (Kendall, Treydin, Soren)
- OCaml or F# (Will, Ammon)
- Clojure (Wyatt, Jessica)
- Common Lisp (Canon)
- Perl (Andrew, Kendra, Timothy)
- Erlang or Elixir (Diego, Jorge, Rory)
- J (Joshua)
- Tcl (Josh, Edwin)
- Silq (Jaedan, Adam)
Last Updated 12/08/2020