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This document provides details about the subject COMP3021 Programming Language Paradigms, including its objectives, intended learning outcomes, syllabus, teaching methodology, assessment methods, and reading list. The subject aims to provide understanding of programming language principles and paradigms, and develop skills in analyzing and using different language features. Over the course of 26 lectures, topics such as scoping, subroutines, concurrent languages, functional languages, and logic languages will be covered. Students will be assessed through assignments, lab exercises, a project, mid-term tests, and a final examination.

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Subject Description Form: Subject Code Subject Title Credit Value Pre-Requisite / Co-Requisite/ Exclusion

This document provides details about the subject COMP3021 Programming Language Paradigms, including its objectives, intended learning outcomes, syllabus, teaching methodology, assessment methods, and reading list. The subject aims to provide understanding of programming language principles and paradigms, and develop skills in analyzing and using different language features. Over the course of 26 lectures, topics such as scoping, subroutines, concurrent languages, functional languages, and logic languages will be covered. Students will be assessed through assignments, lab exercises, a project, mid-term tests, and a final examination.

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Subject Description Form

Subject Code COMP3021

Subject Title Programming Language Paradigms

Credit Value 3

Pre-requisite / Pre-requisite: COMP1011 Programming Fundamentals, and COMP2011


Co-requisite/ Data Structures (or equivalents to these two subjects)
Exclusion
Co-requisite/Exclusion: Nil

Objectives
 To provide students with an understanding of various principles and
paradigms in programming languages;
 To develop skills in describing, analyzing, and using the features of
programming languages.

Upon completion of the subject, students will be able to:


Intended Learning
Outcomes
Professional/academic knowledge and skills
(a) understand the general language design principles;
(b) understand the control flow and execution of a programming language;
(c) be aware of different programming paradigms;
(d) evaluate the design of a given programming language for the
application at hand;

Attributes for all-roundedness


(e) solve problems independently;
(f) think critically for a specific design and the rationale behind.
Subject Synopsis/
Indicative Syllabus Duration of
Topic
Lectures
1. Programming language paradigms 2
Overview of existing programming languages and
programming paradigms; history of programming
languages.

2. Scoping and sub-routine 4


Concept of blocks; environment; scope and visibility
of variables; static and dynamic scoping; run-time
stack; procedure call; parameter passing semantics;
activation records and recursion.

3. Concurrent & parallel languages 6


Multithreading, message passing, languages: Scala,
Go, Erlang, Clojure.

4. Functional languages 6
Mathematical functions, lists, function composition,
languages (e.g., Lisp, ML, Haskell).

5. Logic languages 6
Predicate calculus, theorem proving, logic
programming, languages (e.g., Prolog and its variants).

6. Memory management in programming languages 2


Pointers, dangling references, garbage collection,
common practices for programming.

Total 26

Teaching/Learning Lectures provide students the fundamental concepts of the topics, with
Methodology corresponding illustrative examples.

Tutorials and lab sessions enable students to experience with the features
of programming languages of different paradigms.

Assignments help students apply design and analysis techniques; whereas


the project focuses on implementation skills.
Assessment
Methods in Specific % Intended subject learning
Alignment with assessment weighting outcomes to be assessed (Please
Intended Learning methods/tasks tick as appropriate)
Outcomes
a b c d e f

1. Assignments   

2. Lab exercises    

3. Project 55%   

4. Mid-term / Tests    

5. Examination 45%    

Total 100 %

Explanation of the appropriateness of the assessment methods in assessing the


intended learning outcomes:

All five tasks are relevant to the assessment of programming language design
principles and paradigms (for items a, b).

Lab exercises are used to obtain hands-on experiences on programming


languages of different paradigms (for item c); the project assesses the evaluation
of a programming language for an application (for item d); the mid-term and
examination are used to assess independent problem solving and critical thinking
(for items e, f).

Student Study Class contact:


Effort Expected
 Lecture 26 Hrs.

 Tutorial/Lab 13 Hrs.

Other student study effort:

 Assignments 13 Hrs.

 Project 52 Hrs.

Total student study effort 104 Hrs.


Textbooks:
Reading List and
References 1. Robert W. Sebesta, Concepts of Programming Languages, Ninth
Edition, Addison Wesley, 2009.
2. Allen B. Tucker and Robert E. Noonan, Programming Languages:
Principles and Paradigms, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Reference Books:
1. Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman, Compilers:
Principles, Techniques, and Tools, Second Edition,
Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2007.
2. Franklyn A. Turbak and Mark A. Sheldon, Design Concepts in
Programming Languages, MIT Press, 2008.

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