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CMPT383 is a course on Comparative Programming Languages, focusing on functional programming, programming language foundations, and various programming paradigms. The course includes practical coding assignments, a midterm exam, and quizzes, with resources available through a dedicated website and Piazza. Instructors and TAs are available for support via email and scheduled office hours on Zoom.

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CMPT383 is a course on Comparative Programming Languages, focusing on functional programming, programming language foundations, and various programming paradigms. The course includes practical coding assignments, a midterm exam, and quizzes, with resources available through a dedicated website and Piazza. Instructors and TAs are available for support via email and scheduled office hours on Zoom.

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CMPT383 Comparative Programming Languages

Lecture 0: Introduction and Overview

Yuepeng Wang
Spring 2025

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Instructor
• Instructor: Yuepeng Wang

• Email: [email protected]

• Office hours: Wed 1 - 2 pm or by appointment

• Location of office hours: Zoom

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TA
• TA1: Xiaoyu Liu
• Email: [email protected]
• Office hours: Thursday 4 - 5 pm @ Zoom

• TA2: Jingqian Liu


• Email: [email protected]
• Office hours: Monday 11:30 am - 12:30 pm @ Zoom

• TA3: David Deng


• Email: [email protected]
• Office hours: Friday 3 - 4 pm @ Zoom
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Course Information
• Website (with tentative schedule)

https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~yuepeng/teaching/cmpt383.html

• Piazza (ask questions here)

https://piazza.com/sfu.ca/spring2025/cmpt383

• Canvas

https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/88844

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What is This Course About?
• Functional programming

• Foundations of programming languages

• Different programming paradigms

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Why Do We Learn It?
• Learn the functional programming paradigm, which facilitates
concurrency, parallelization, and programming language implementation
• Learn the difference between functional and imperative programming
• Have an in-depth understanding of types in programming languages, a
simple yet effective abstraction to help ensure correctness
• Understand the foundations of programming languages
• Build an idea of programming language design and implementation
• Improve programming skills
• Get ready to read formal documentation and research papers

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Course Overview
• Part 1: functional programming

• Haskell programming language

• Philosophy of functional programming

• Common functions, data structures, and patterns in functional


programming

• Approach to solving problems functionally

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Course Overview
• Part 2: foundations of programming languages

• Syntax, grammar, and parsing

• Lambda calculus

• Operational semantics

• Type checking

• Type inference

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Course Overview
• Part 3: other programming paradigms

• Logic programming

• Datalog

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Tips for Learning
• Review the course materials after class

• Practice coding in Haskell

• Always ask the question: what is the type of ...?

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Reference Book

Miran Lipovaca
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!
No Starch Press, 2011
http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters

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Reference Book

Graham Hutton
Programming in Haskell
Second edition
Cambridge University Press, 2016

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Reference Book

Benjamin C. Pierce
Types and Programming Languages
First edition
MIT Press, 2002

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Grading
• Homework -- 30%

• 7 assignments (coding and written)

• Programming assignments -- 30%

• 4 assignments (coding)

• In-person midterm exam on Feb 25 -- 25%

• In-person quiz on Apr 8 -- 15%

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Questions?

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