Syllabus

Course Description

The relationship between high-level languages and the computer architecture that underlies their implementation, including

Basic Machine Architecture,
Assemblers,
Specification
Translation of Programming Languages
Linkers
Loaders
Block-Structured Languages
Parameter Passing Mechanisms
Comparison of Programming Languages. Prereq: (CS138 or 246) or (a grade of 85% or higher in one of CS136 or 146); Computer Science and BMath (Data Science) students only. Antireq: CS230, ECE351