Tony Rich

B.S. Computer Science
Network Engineer at Thompson Coburn

CS 236 Programming Languages and Translators

Instructor: Franck Xia
Term: Winter 2004

Covers basic design of programming languages, compilers, and interpreters. The concepts of syntax, variables, expressions, types, scope, functions, procedures, statements, I/O, exception handling and concurrency are introduced. The manner in which various programming languages handle these concepts is discussed.

Course Schedule
Course Syllabus

Homework Assignments

• Assignment 1 Language Evaluation (pdf)
• Assignment 2 Context-Free Grammars and Parse Trees (pdf)
• Assignment 3 Grammar Transformation, Factoring, and First() Calculation (pdf)
• Assignment 4 Writeup Follow() sets and parsing tables
  • My Sonlution

Programming Assignments

• Program 1 Developing the Matrix Class
• Program 2 Developing an Interpreter
• Program 3 Developing a Scanner

Reading Quizzes

• Quiz 1 Language Evaluation
• Quiz 2 Context-Free Grammars and Parse Trees