CS 476/MCS 415 - Programming Language Design

Spring 2007

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Syllabus

Assignments

• Homework 1. You can also download a working implementation to study its input/output behavior.
• The source code of my implementation of Homework 1.
• Homework 2. A Taste of Lisp.
• The source code of my implementation of Homework 2.
• Homework 3. Functional Random Sentence Generator.
• Homework 4. Logic Puzzles in Prolog.

Exams

• Exam 1: Thursday, March 8, 2007 during class
  List of Exam Topics

• Final Exam: Friday, May 11, 2007, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, LC D2

Useful Links

• To run Prolog on the CS Machines use: /usr/bin/gprolog
• gprolog Home Page
• Some Prolog Tutorials:
  • http://jmvanel.free.fr/ai/prolog-getting-started.html
  • http://www.cs.arizona.edu/classes/cs245/spring07/prolog.pdf
  • http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~labspg/Reference/Gprolog_Prolog_CSC212.htm
  • http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~kris/learn-prolog-now/
  • http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~csc330/Resources/Prolog-Intro.pdf
  • http://www.csci.csusb.edu/dick/cs320/lab/19.html
  • Potion Logic Puzzle from first Harry Potter book
  • Floor puzzle from Text
  • Discussion of the "Insulted Hostess" problem

• To run Lisp on the CS machines use: /usr/local/acl80/alisp
• Basic Lisp Techniques PDF
• Lisp Hints
• An interesting article on Lisp
• A Hand-out created by Prof. DiEugenio from a previous semester
  • Lisp Hand-out
  • Site referenced in Hand-out: Lisp Primer
  • Site referenced in Hand-out: General Lisp Information
  • Lisp code used in Hand-out: clean-list.lisp
  • Lisp code used in Hand-out: compress.lisp
• Simple Lisp Example File

• Blackboard at UIC
  Lecture slides are available in Blackboard under Course Documents

• JavaCC Home Page
• JavaCC Documentation Index.
• JavaCC LOOKAHEAD Document
• JavaCC Tutorial
• adder.jj - JavaCC Example based from Tutorial