Concepts of Programming Languages - COMP3161


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Computer Science and Engineering
	Course Outline: www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs3161
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: COMP2911.
	Excluded: COMP9161
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Programming language paradigms: imperative, object oriented, declarative (i.e., functional and logic). Theoretical foundations of programming languages: syntax, operatational, axiomatic and denotational semantics. Implementation aspects of central language features, such as dynamic and strong typing, polymorphism, overloading and automatic memory management. Abstracting over programming languages and architectures: byte code approach, component software.