CS325, Programming in Ada
 Fall 2012

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Location and Time: KEC 132, TTh 1:25 - 2:40
   
Textbook: Cohen; Ada as a Second Language
   
Other Reference Material: Lots of good stuff online for Ada, here are a few key links.
   
Prerequisites: CS125 (or equivalent, see me)
   
Final Exam: 12:30 - 2:30, Saturday, 8 Dec.

Goals/Objectives
  • Learn the basic syntactic and semantic features of Ada, particularly the features that differentiate Ada from C and other similar  programming languages.
  • Learn how much simpler it is to pick up a new language once you already have proficiency in a similar language
  • Learn your way around the very basic commands of a Unix shell
  • Learn some of the theoretical issues that separate one language from another.  Languages are designed artifacts — language designers have choices to make, since no one language can be all things to all users.  Using Ada in comparison to C, we will explore some of the major alternatives that must be considered and what they mean to programmers.

Grading:   

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This page last changed on 23 Aug 2012 by M.S. Jaffe