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CS92PROD
Programming Language Implementation
COMP 323
Spring 2019
Section: 01  
Crosslisting: COMP 523

This course is an introduction to the implementation of programming languages.
Students will learn how to formally describe and implement major components of the implementation pipeline. Topics may include lexical analysis and parsing (checking whether source code is well-formed and converting it to an internal programmatic representation), type-checking and -inference (static program analysis for safety features), interpretation (direct execution of a high-level language program), and compilation (translation to a low-level language such as assembly or bytecode).
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM MATH
Course Format: LectureGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: COMP212 AND MATH228
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (COMP)(IDEA-COMP)
Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74%

Last Updated on MAR-29-2024
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