Organization of Programming Languages

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Introduction to principles of programming languages and their implementation. Concepts introduced include the implementation of interpreters based on the syntax of a programming language, higher-order functions, recursion, tail-recursion, iteration, and mutation; issues of pure versus impure languages in relation to performance, implementation, and ease of abstraction; environments, parameter passing, and scoping. The course emphasizes programming in a modern programming language, individual and team programming assignments, and a major project that requires integration and application of knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work.