Concepts of Programming Languages 2010-2011

Assistant: Jurriaan Rot (jrot at liacs dot nl)

Book: "Concepts of Programming languages", Sebasta. You can find the official slides here.

Exam: 16 dec. 2010.

News

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(5 dec 2010) Assignment 9 is the last homework (due 10 dec) and the prolog assignment (due 20 dec) is the last programming assignment. Monday the third of january, 2011, is the very final deadline for homework- and programming assignments which you missed, but which you still want to hand in. Assignments which are very late but before this deadline will be checked and graded, with 6 as a maximum grade. Anything which is handed in later than january the third, will not be checked for this years course, so make sure you hand in your work in time.
(29 oct 2010) The second and third programming assignments are added, see below.
(28 oct 2010) Apparently there are problems with compiling java on the LIACS system. You can download Sun java on your own computer. It is alright to have your program working on Windows (although linux is preferred :). In any case, please put in the report the environment (OS and Java SDK/JRE) under which the compilation and execution of your programs were tested, and supply a makefile or a good description of how to compile and run.
(25 oct 2010) There is no class on October 29th. Note that the deadline of the first programming assignment is on the 29th. This deadline is strict - hand your work in to Jurriaan (jrot@liacs.nl) before 23:59. The next homework set is due the 5th of november.
Because of the different versions of the book, we have decided not to put exercise numbers anymore, but to put all the exercises in a document each week. You can download the homework assignements below. Tex sources will also be supplied, so that if you like, you can fill in the answers.
There is no class on October 15th. The deadline of the homework is extended to the next class (22th of October).

Homework

Part of the requirements of the class is handing in weekly homework assignments from the book:

Number	Exercises	Deadline	Results
1	Chapter 1: RQ: 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 PS: 6, 10 Chapter 2: RQ: 11, 12, 20, 30	24 sept.	x
2	Chapter 3: RQ: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10	1 oct.	x
3	Chapter 3: RQ: 13 PS: 19, 20, 24, 25	8 oct.	x
4	Assignments(pdf), (tex source)	22 oct.	x
5	Assignments(pdf), (tex source)	5 nov.	x
6	Assignments(pdf), (tex source)	19 nov.	x
7	Assignments(pdf), (tex source)	26 nov.	x
8	Assignments(pdf), (tex source)	3 dec.	x
9	Assignments(pdf), (tex source)	10 dec.	x

You can submit your homework either by email or as hardcopy at the beginning of class. You can either answer in English or in Dutch, whichever you prefer. Don't forget to mention your student number. The deadline is always at the beginning of the class.

Programming assignments

You have to submit three programming assignments in total. You have to make the assignments alone, working together is not allowed. We advice you to start early, since they contain some things which you may very well not be too familiar with (concurrency in Java, functional (Scheme) and logic (Prolog) programming). If you have questions, please contact the assistant.

First assignment: Java, and the needed files. Deadline: 29 oct. 2010, 23:59. Results

Second assignment: Scheme. Deadline: monday 22 nov. 2010, 23:59. Results

Third assignment: Prolog. Deadline: monday 20 dec. 2010, 23:59. Results

The deliverables should be submitted by email to the assistant. Don't forget to mention your student number. Please hand in the work in time; handing the work in too late will have some consequences for your grade (1 point off per week).

Grades from previous years can not be taken along to this year. You can, however, resubmit your work from previous years. It will then be checked and graded again.

Grading

Your final grade is calculated from the following:

Presence at the lectures (10%)
Weekly homework assignments (20%)
Programming assignments (30%)
Written exam (40%)