Advances in Programming Languages (U01952)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : INF-4-APL

This course will survey recent developments in programming language design and implementation with an emphasis on those developments which are technological advances on the state-of-the-art.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Successful completion of Year 3 of an Informatics Single or Combined Honours Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. Compiling Techniques and Functional Programming & Specification are strongly recommended. Language Semantics & Implementation is recommended.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Programming Languages and Techniques, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
07/01/2008	09:00	09:50	Room 4.01, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	09:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	09:00	09:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

-The course will broaden student's understanding of programming language design.
-Students will develop an appreciation of the detailed specification of programming languages.
-The course will teach programming in idioms other than the class-based object-oriented model which is familiar from Java.
-Students will develop the ability to evaluate and compare different language designs, technologies and programming models.