F28LL - Programming Languages

Course leader(s):

• Joe Wells (Edinburgh, January)

Syllabus

1. - Overviews of programming language (PL) history, methods of definition (e.g., syntax, semantics), and methods of implementation (e.g., compiler, interpreter, virtual machine).

2. - Overview of programming language paradigms in industrial languages like Python, covering aspects such as imperative/declarative styles, evaluation order, support for higher-order functions, data mutability, tail recursion, and compilation methods.

3. - Overview of key programming language concepts and features using examples in industrial languages like Python, covering variables, scope, data abstraction, control structures, type mechanisms, and programming paradigms.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students should be able to do the following:

• Demonstrate increased proficiency in programming with industrially used programming languages (PLs).
• Explain key programming language (PL) concepts, features, and paradigms and their interrelationships.
• Apply key programming language concepts, features, and paradigms effectively in programming tasks.
• Integrate knowledge of programming language concepts, features, and paradigms into work-based computing projects.

Further details

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SCQF Level: 8

Credits: 15