POPL is meant as a precursor for Compiler Construction. This course takes you through the design of programming languages and programming grammars. It also covers programming paradigms like functional programming (LISP, logic programming (Prolog) and C++. You will also learn the various data structures and ideas involved in the backend of these languages such as activation records, tail recursion, etc.
This course is a prerequisite for:
This course has the following prerequisites:
| Title | Author(s) | Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Programming Languages | Arvind Kumar Bansal | 5th (2014) |
| Fundamentals of Programming Languages | Ellis Horowitz | 2nd (1984) |
| Programming Languages : Principles and Practice | Kenneth C. Louden & Kenneth A. Lambert | 3rd (2011) |
| Programming Language Design Concepts | David A. Watt & William Findlay | 2nd (2004) |
| Concepts of Programming Languages | Robert W. Sebesta | 11th (2016) |
| Compilers : Principles, Techniques & Tools | Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi & Jeffrey D. Ullman | 2nd (2007) |