CS20105::PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES 

Credits: 03       Teaching Scheme: - Theory 3 Hrs/Week 

Prerequisites: nil 

Objectives:

      • To learn the fundamental concepts of programming languages & the various

programming paradigms.

      • To increase the capacity to express ideas using a programming language.

      • To learn to choose an appropriate programming language for a designed task.

      • To learn the important features of different types of languages and their relevance

      • To learn past the superficial differences in languages and recognize the

commonalities in meaning.

      • To develop the ability to quickly learn new programming languages.

      • Mapping with PEOs: II, III, (d). 

Unit I (8+1 Hrs)

Introduction to Programming languages

A. Role of programming languages, Necessity of studying programming languages,

characteristics of a good programming language, Effects of Environments on languages,

Language design issues, Programming Paradigms – Imperative, Object Oriented,

functional Programming , Logic Programming.

B. Comparison of different programming paradigms. 

Unit II (8+2 Hrs)

Imperative & Procedural Programming

A. Imperative( C ): Constants, Operators, Control Structures, Loops,

And Conditionals, Data types: union, pointer and reference types. Memory leak, invalid

pointer references.

Procedural: Blocks, Local variables, Scope, Activation Records, Procedure Calls,

Function Calls, Recursion, Parameter passing methods, Static and Stack-Based Storage

management. Heap based storage management.

B. Structure, Generic Templates in C++, Library Classes in C++. 

Unit III (8+2 Hrs)

Object – Oriented Programming (Java)

A. Classes & Objects, Constructors, Access Modifiers, Instance Methods, this & static

keywords. Inheritance, Types of inheritance, Constructors in Derived Classes, Overriding

& Hiding Fields& Methods, Abstract Classes & methods, Final Classes & Final Methods.

Interfaces , Exception Handling -exceptions, checked & unchecked exceptions.

Graphical Programming – Applet, Layout Manager , choice, List.

B. User defined exception, Multilevel Inheritance, Hierarchical Inheritance.  

Unit IV (8+1 Hrs)

Packages, Multithreading – Thread life Cycle thread Priority, Thread Methods. Inter-thread Communication. Java I/O – Introduction to Streams, File Management / Processing, primitive/ Object Data Processing. Applet, Event Handling(Mouse Event, key Event)

B. Concurrent Issues with thread programming, Deadlock. 

Unit V (8+2 Hrs) 

Case Studies of Programming Languages

A. Overview of the building blocks of the language, procedures, control structures, their

motivation(s), target user base, choice and paradigms of features, special features relevant

to HTML-CSS-JavaScript, PHP-HTML, Matlab, Prolog

B. LISP

Text Books

1. “Programming Languages Design and Implementation”, T. W. Pratt, M.V.

Zelkowitz, Publications, ISBN 10: 0130276782, 4th Edition

2. “Java: The Complete Reference”, Herbert Schildt, TMG Publication, ISBN

9780070636774 , 7th Edition

Reference Books

1. “Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming”, S. Thompson, Addison Wesley,

ISBN 0201342758, 2nd Edition

2. "Object Oriented Programming with C++", E. Balaguruswamy, Tata McGraw-

Hill Publishing Company Ltd, ISBN 0 - 07 – 462038 - X,

Additional Reading

1. “Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms” A. B. Tucker, R. Noonan,

McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-048704-9

2. “Programming Languages: Principles and Practice”, K. C. Loudon, Thomson

Publications, 981-243-130-6 , 2nd Edition

3. “The C++ Programming Language”, B. Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 81-317-

0521-8, 3rd Edition

4. “MATLAB Programming for Engineers”, Stephen J. Chamman, Thomson

Learning Publication, ISBN 981-254-893-9, 3rd Edition

5. “Programming In Prolog”, Clocksin W F, Mellish C S, Narosa Pblishing House,

ISBN 8185198552, 3rd Edition

6. “Lex & Yacc”, John R. Levine, Tony Mason, Doug Brown, Shroff Publishers,

ISBN 81-7366-062-X, 2nd Edition.

7. “HTML, CSS, Java Script, Perl, Python and PHP”, Schafer Steven, Dreamtech

India Pvt Ltd., ISBN 81-265-0620-2

8. “LISP”, Patrick Henry Winston, Berthold, Pearson Educaation, ISBN 81-7808-

155-5, 3rd Edition