Description The purpose of the course is to develop an understanding of the organization of programming languages and introduce the formal study of programming language specification and analysis. Topics covered usually include: language definition structure, data types and structures, control structures and data flow, run-time consideration, interpretative languages, lexical analysis, and parsing.
Prerequisites
A grade of C or better in CS 202 or consent of instructor.
Note Open to graduate students. Graduate students are required to do additional work of a research nature.