Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students should acquire knowledge about essential principles of programming languages​​, and understand techniques for description and translation of languages ​​in general, including:

• Abstraction principle, control and data structures, block structure and scope concept, parameter mechanisms and type equivalence
• Compiling, including lexical, syntactic and static semantic analysis and code generation
• Run Time settings, including storage allocation and structures to support procedures and functions
• Concepts and techniques for the description and implementation of object-oriented and function-oriented languages.

Skills

• Be able to explain the relevant techniques and concepts in language design and compiler construction using the terminology and notation for the description and implementation of programming languages
• Be able to explain how implementation techniques influence language design
• Be able to reason about concepts and techniques relevant for computer science

Competences

be able to describe, analyze and implement programming languages and be able to explain each step and the relationship between the phases of a compiler

Type of instruction

The teaching is organized according to the general teaching methods for the education, cf. chapter 3

Extent and expected workload

It is expected that the student uses 30 hours per ECTS, which for this activity means 150 hours

Exam

Exams

Additional information

Contact: The Study board for Computer Science at cs-sn@cs.aau.dk or 9940 8854