CS 421 — Programming Languages

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Welcome to CS 421! After this course, you will

• be able to pick up a new language quickly and competently,
• be able to implement a language whenever you need to,
• be able to pick the correct language for project, potentially saving an order of magnitude in development time,
• know how to read and write a formal specification for a programming language,
• understand the theoretical models upon which languages are built,
• and be ready to join a graduate research group to study programming languages professionally. (Hey, it could happen!)

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