CMSC 331
		    Programming Languages
			Fall, 1991


Instructor:	Dr. Howard E. Motteler

Office Hours:	MWF 12:00-1:00, Room 111, CS building (TF 1)

Text:		Programming Languages, by Ravi Sethi

Grader:		Nanda S. Kumar, hours Monday 5:30-6:30, Room 112

Course Outline:

	Introduction and Basic Concepts		Ch. 1, 2	
	Functional Languages			Ch. 7
	Grammars and Syntax			Ch. 10
	Assertive Languages			Ch. 3, 4
	Data Encapsulation and Inheritance	Ch. 5, 6
	Logic Programming			Ch. 8
	Concurrent Programming			Ch. 9

The course begins with functional languages, in chapter 7, though
we may briefly review material from chapter 2, as the need arises.
An occasional subsection in certain chapters may be skipped, and
material from outside the text may be introduced, as time permits.
A number of examples and notes are available "online."

Grading:
		Projects		300 pts
		Midterm			100 pts
		Final			200 pts
		Homework		105 pts
		Class Participation	15  pts
		--------		-------
		Total			620 pts

There are 3 small-to-moderate sized projects, one each in Lisp,
C (or C++), and Prolog.  Projects are assigned at least three
weeks in advance of their due dates.  There are no extensions of
due dates, and no incompletes, except as required by university
policy.  At the instructor's option projects may be turned in
late for partial credit.  Project assignments and other
information are given in the form of Unix files accessible from
your account.  Projects are submitted with a "submit" program,
and get 0 points if they contain syntax errors.

The midterm will come in or at the end of the section on
assertive languages.  There are 4 or 5 homework assignments,
roughly one every three weeks.  If you come to class most of the
time and don't behave in an obnoxious way (e.g., wandering in
and out of the room, or excessive sleeping) you automatically
get at least 10 out of 15 class participation points.  In
addition to points for class participation, the first person to
find mistakes in handouts, code, or examples that I put online
can get "bonus points."  If I agree that there is an error, you
get one or more points, depending on how serious I think the
error is.