COMS W 4115x and y Programming Languages and Translators

Modern programming languages and compiler design. Imperative, object-oriented, declarative, functional, and scripting languages. Language syntax, control structures, data types, procedures and parameters, binding, scope, run-time organization, and exception handling. Implementation of language translation tools including compilers and interpreters. Lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis; code generation; introduction to code optimization. Teams implement a language and its compiler. - S. Edwards, A. Aho
Prerequisites: COMS W3137 or equivalent, W3261, and CSEE W3827, or the instructor's permission. General Education Requirement: Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA).
3 points Lect: 3.