Fundamentals and Concepts of Programming Languages: 3 semester hours

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Study of the principles that form the basis of programming language design. Research topics in high-level languages including data abstraction, parameterization, scoping, generics, exception handling, parallelism, and concurrency. Additional topics include alternative language designs (imperative, functional, descriptive, object-oriented, and data flow designs) and an overview of interfacing with support environments. Prerequisites: COMP 4311 or COMP 4113.