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CSC123/252: Programming Languages, Fall 2005

Dr. Chuck C. Liang
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Hofstra University .

Office Address:
201A Adams Hall
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11550
Office Phone: (516 463) 5559

Email: cscccl@hofstra.edu (<- click to send me mail)

Official Office Hours: MW 5:30-6:30pm, TuTh 1-2pm, F 1:30-2:30pm, or by appointment

Course Syllabus

Online Resources:

• Lambda Calculus tutorial. (here's another tutorial)
• Scheme tutorial
• MIT Scheme Homepage.
• An online Perl tutorial.
• A Short C++ to Java Tutorial
• A Short Java to C++ Tutorial
• My "Perl Tutorial in Perl"
• Download C#. Get the ".NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package Beta 2". The sdk contains more tools but the basic compiler (search for csc.exe) is already in the framework release.
• C# Programmers' Reference at MSDN
• OOP Design Patterns (beware: abstract class used instead of interface). You need to first understand Singleton, Factory Method, Adapter, Facade, Observer
  Another design patterns page
• Visitor Pattern notes. (follow all the links, especially the "implementation models").
• Visitor pattern example 1, example 2, example 3 (in delphi, an ada-ish oop language)
• .Net Generics: read part 1 and especially part 2. Absolutely Required Reading.
• Article on adding parametric polymorphism to Java. Can you figure out what's wrong with the program in this article?
• Typed functional languages: Standard ML, F# .Net
• Article about F#
• AspectJ Homepage. Install the latest stable release and read at least the first two chapters of the programming guide.

Scheme Programs (files in bold are required reading)

• Halting Problem in Lambda Calculus/Scheme
  
• Simple Scheme examples
  
• more interesting scheme code. (based on 9/20 lecture)
  
• Quicksort in Scheme
  
• Graph search in Scheme
  
• web server in Scheme. Here's the page it serves.
  
• Bank accounts in Scheme

• Lambda calculus in Perl
• Static versus dynamic scoping
• Bank Accounts!! (oop with closures)
• OOP using packages and "bless"
• TCP client for downloading webpage
• CGI program for uploading files
• Binary data processing in Perl (not for the weak!)

list abstractions in C, for comparison with Scheme (based on 9/27 class).
More OOP examples: Rational number objects in Scheme, Perl, C++, Java, and C#, and for something really special: rationals in Eiffel : rational.e, rats.e. See compilation instructions in rats.e
Inheritance example (sports teams) in Scheme, C#, and Perl
Comparing inheritance between pure C, and C#
Static and dynamic dispatch mechanisms in C#
C# Delegates (higher order functions)
Notes on the difference between abstract class and interface.
THE PIZZA FACTORY! (my example of Factory Method pattern)
invest.cs. (my example of Observer pattern)
Comparing type casting in C++ and C#
A poem and a fable in C++
Expressions trees program : csc16 version, csc123 version, visitor pattern version, Parametrized VP version (NEW)
Three versions of polymorphic lists: polylist1.cs, polylist2.cs, polylist3.cs. They all use number.cs as a dll.
My student visitors example, that includes weirdstudents
Version of "student" visitor pattern that includes xml file parser).
C++ Templates and Parametric types (Generics) in new C#/Java
Another example of Generics in C#
Class notes on type inference calculi (pdf) Absolutely Required Reading
Algebraic programming in ML

First AspectJ example. (Contains installation and compilation instructions).
Second AspectJ example superprivate.java and sptest.java
Third and major AOP example: base program, invariance aspect, initialization aspect, profiling aspect, security aspect.
Aspect-oriented bank accounts: aopbank.java. Contains one of the problems of the programming assignment
More AspectJ Programs: advice precedence, preventing circularity, contro-flows, if pointcut, doubly linkedlist, pertarget aspects
exptree6.java: AOP version of expression tree program. Contains important theoretical remarks (read!).

Lambda calculus homework, now with SAMPLE SOLUTIONS
Scheme Lab and assignment. instructions on using the 019 lab
Perl-Scheme assignment
C# warmup assignment.
THE HALLOWEEN ASSIGNMENT
The Food Assignment. Your xmlwriter visitor should write files consistent with this example.
Food files: foods.cs, foodvisitors.cs, aboutfood.cs.
FOOD ASSIGNMENT ADDENDUM AND CLARIFICATIONS
AspectJ Assignment Part A. The first problem of part A is due Tuesday 12/6, and should be completed individually.
The remainder of the AspectJ assignment, with support files figure.java and figs.java. (main is in figs.java).

Announcements:

The aspectJ assignment is due Friday 12/16.

Problem 2 of part B (finding java programs to profile reads/writes) is now Optional. For the "betteroutput" aspect of part A, you may have to call toString() explicitly from main in order for the aspect to take effect.

Final exam Tuesday 12/20 at 4pm. Use the exam study guide with sample solutions to practice problems.
Review Session Monday at 2:30pm, Adams 019.