CSC324: Principles of Programming Languages, Winter 2007  


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Assignment 1 (Formal Specification).
Assignment 2 (Scheme).
Assignment 3 (Scheme)
Assignment 4: (ML).
Assignment 5: (Prolog Warm-up).
Assignment 6: (Prolog).
Readme: Clarifications and Corrections for Assignment 6
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Scheme MIT Scheme Home Page (Software and Documentation)
Debugging in MIT Scheme
"The Scheme programming language" by Dybvig (*Recommended*)
DrScheme runs on windows/unix/macs, but your assignment code *must* run on CDF.
"Common Lisp the Language" by Guy L. Steele
"An Google archive of news://comp.lang.scheme/
ML SML/NJ Home Page (Software and Documentation)
What is ML?
A Gentle Introduction to ML by Andrew Cumming
Programming in StandardML by Robert Harper (*Recommended*)
Notes on Programming SML /NJ by Riccardo Pucella
Tutorial: Programming in StandardML'97 by Stephen Gilmore
Google archive of news://comp.lang.ml/
Prolog SWI-Prolog Home Page (Software and Documentation)
Coding Guidelines for Prolog by Michael Covington
GNU Prolog Manual
Prolog Tutorial by A. Aaby
"Prolog by Examples" by Roman Barták
Intermediate Prolog :- tutorial by J.R.Fisher
"Logic Programming Course" by Pierre Massicotte
"Prolog Programming A First Course" by Paul Brna
Prolog: A Tutorial Introduction by James Lu and Jerry Mead
Adventure in Prolog by Amzi! inc
Google archive of news://comp.lang.prolog/
Fun Reading (optional) Lisp Retrospective (essay) by Peter Norvig
Tutorial on Good Lisp Programming by Peter Norvig
Lisp as an Alternative to Java by Peter Norvig
JScheme: Scheme in Java (free software) by Peter Norvig
Why Functional Programming Matters by John Hughes
C++? A Critique of C++ by Ian Joyner
The Case Against C by P.J. Moylan
A Comparative Overview of C#
The Essence of Algol by John C. Reynolds
A Critique of Java by Harold Thimbleby
The Development of the C Language by Dennis Ritchie
Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language? by Brian Kernighan
Can Programming Be Liberated from the von Neumann Style? by John Backus
Teaching the Fatal Disease by Richard C. Holt


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