I. Preliminaries for the first meeting
 A. staff introductions
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                WELCOME TO
                COP 4020
         PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES I

Instructor: Faraz Hussain
          354 Harris Center (Bldg. 116)

Email:  fhussain@eecs.ucf.edu

Office Hours: TBD

URL: http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~fhussain/cop4020
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 B. staff introductions
II. the course itself
 A. What is a programming language?
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  PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

def: a *programming language* is
a language that is

def: a *general-purpose langauge*
is one that is not tailored to some
particular application area.

Examples: 


def: an *special-purpose language*
is a language that is designed to
support some particular application.

Examples:

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	Others?
	Others?
 B. objectives
   What are your objectives for this course?
   How do you want this course to help you in 5 years?
 C. plan for the course
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           PLAN FOR THE COURSE

Use the textbook Concepts, Techniques,
and Models of Computer Programming
by Peter Van Roy and Seif Haridi
(MIT Press, 2004).

Broadly:

 - Different programming models
     esp. declarative
          declarative concurrent
          message passing
          relational
 - Kernel language approach

Uses the language Oz
 
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  REASONS FOR LEARNING DECLARATIVE MODELS

 - Makes certain programs clearer

       - can see all inputs

       - functions as arguments helps in:
              abstraction
              modularization

       - cleaner concurrency (stateless)

 - gives you more ways to solve problems

 - ideas important for:

        - algorithm design
        - specification
        - describing programming languages
        - web services

 - it's interesting and fun
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 D. outcomes
   How should we test for the objectives?
 E. syllabus
  1. textbook
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     REQUIRED TEXTBOOK

Concepts, Techniques, and Models 
of Computer Programming
  by Peter Van Roy and Seif Haridi 
  (MIT Press, 2004)

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  2. grading
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    GRADING

+ No curve grading

+ Your grade is
     70% based on tests
     30% on homework
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  3. cooperation and cheating
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        COOPERATION

Can talk with others about homework
   - but must cite them

Cooperative homework NOT allowed
     (see grading policy in syllabus)

         CHEATING

Exchange of finished answers

Using ideas of others
  - without citation

Copying answers from the web
  - without citation
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  4. plan for class meetings
  5. ask for questions/concerns