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Principles of Programming Languages Object – Oriented Analysis and Design

Course name: Principles of Programming Language (Code: IT092IU)

Spring semester 2025
Class room: A1.208

Course Learning Outcomes

The following are the official course goals agreed upon by the faculty for this course, i.e., students can undestand:
  • A wide range of programming paradigms
  • How different programming languages evolved
  • The differences in problem domains and language suitability
  • The basic features of programming language translation
  • Implementation techniques for selected language constructs

    • Textbooks

  • [R1] Robert W. Sebesta, Concepts of programming languages 10th, 2012
  • [R2] Alfred Aho, Jeffrey Ullma, Ravi Sethi, Monica Lam, Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools 2nd, 2007

    • Grading scheme

  • C1 - Class participation/in-class quiz/exercises: 10%
  • C2 – Assignments: 15%
  • C3 - Midterm Exam: 30%
  • C4 - Final Exam: 40%
  • C5 - Extra credit will be granted periodically for clever or creative solutions: 5% (Release before the final exam)
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    Course Materials and Communications

  • Handouts, ebooks, and related materials for this course are available on Blackboard (https://blackboard.hcmiu.edu.vn)
    Any assigment will be submitted to Blackboard by the announced due date and time.
    Assignments will be graded based on program performance and documentation.
  • The MS Team discussion board is used for all non-personal, course-related communication with the instructor and TA.
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    Tentative Class Schedule
    WEEK
    DATE
    TOPIC
    NOTE
    01
    08/02
    Business trip
    no class
    02
    15/02
    Introduction
    03
    22/02
    Lexical Analysis
    04
    01/03
    Lexical Analysis (cont.)
    05
    08/03
    Exercises and Revision
    Presentation topic:
    Finite Automata in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
    Assigment 1
    06
    15/03
    Syntax Analysis
    07
    22/03
    Syntax Analysis (cont.)
    Invited TA's talk:
    How PPL can be used to define chatbot commands
    08
    29/03
    Exercises + Revision
    09
    05/04
    Midterm
    no class
    10
    12/04
    Midterm
    no class
    11
    19/04
    Semantic Analysis
    12
    26/04
    Functional Programming
    Assigment 2
    13
    03/05
    National Holiday
    no class
    14
    10/05
    Logical Programming
    Presentation topic:
    How design choices affect security
    15
    17/05
    Design Patterns in PPL
    16
    24/05
    Name - Binding - Scope
    Assigment 3
    17
    31/05
    Code Generation
    Presentation topic:
    Manual vs. automatic memory management and Gabage collection
    18
    07/06
    Code Optimization
    19
    14/06
    Exercises + Course review