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[ANU] [FEIT] [DCS] [COMP3610] [Lectures] [Tutorials] [Assignments] [Haskell] [Lambda Calculus] [Flex & Bison]

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COMP3610: Principles of Programming Languages
Semester 1, 2005

Principal Lecturer: Dr. Clem Baker-Finch

Newer News

Lecture Schedule Change: I have just noticed that in the published lecture schedule, there was no lecture 16(!) so we have one more space available in the 30 lecture sequence. That means that we do have time for the section on Continuations in the Semantics notes. I have also decided to move the Review lecture to the last Friday of the semester. See the schedule for details.

Friday 20 May Strictness Analysis
Monday 23 May No lecture
Tuesday 24 May Semantics (Continuations)
Friday 27 May No lecture
Monday 30 May No lecture
Tuesday 31 May No lecture
Friday 3 June Review

While the second assignment is officially due on 27th May, there will be no penalty for submissions received by 5pm on Wednesday 1st June, 2005.
I have posted a short note about types in the fixpoint clauses for loops, in response to a question in the week 11 tutorial.

Older News

I have made some minor correction to the abstract interpreters for the rules of signs.
I have made some changes to the Semantics of Programming Languages lecture notes. Pages affected are in the range pp14-21. I would classify the changes as improvements rather than corrections. I will hand out hard copies of the changed pages in class.
A solution to Exercise 5 of the Flex and Bison practical class of week 9 is now available. Of course, I am assuming you have made a serious attempt at the exercise by now.
The second assignment has been published (19th April). It is due at 5pm on Friday 27th May, 2005. You are encouraged to work in groups of up to three people for this assignment.

Course Structure

The vital details of comp3610 are to be found in Faculty handbook for 2005 and on Dept website.
A comprehensive specification of comp3610 in the standard department format is available on-line.

Timetable

There will be 30 lectures scheduled in the following timeslots:

Monday 9 - 10am in MCC T5
Tuesday 9 - 10am in MCC T5
Friday 1 - 2pm in MCC T5

There will be a weekly lab class, commencing in week 2:

Tuesday 10 - 12am in N111

A more detailed schedule is available. It is only an indicative plan, and subject change.

Assessment Scheme

There will be two assignments with a combined weight of 30%. Each will have a fixed deadline and they will be due during or near weeks 7 and 12 respectively.
There will be a 3 hour open book final examination with a weight of 70%.
Your final mark will be the sum of these two components.

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