CS 421: Programming Languages and Compilers
News for Fall 2014
  • 12/10/14 - The formatted second sample final is now up. - ELG
  • 10/11/14 - I have posted a new revision for mp6/solutions.cmo and mp6/solutions.cmo fixing one more instance of the earlier mistake corrected. The mistake in essence was introducing too many fresh variables, breakign the required connections expressed in the rules. Please be careful to only introduce one fresh variable once for each distinct type name in a given case, and not at all for the type of the main expression. - ELG
  • 10/10/14 - I have posted a new hw6/hw6.pdf, mp6/mp6.pdf, mp6/solutions.cmo have been posted to you svn repositories. If you have saved you solution to HW6 as hw6.pdf, please do svn mv hw6.pdf hw6-submission.pdf before you do an svn up to avoid collision with the version I am pushing. I have also postes a solution to the midterm. - ELG
  • 10/4/14 - Solutions for HW4, MP$ and MP5 have been posted to the website. - ELG
  • 10/3/14 - Office hours for Elsa Gunter for Friday October 2 have been moved to 9:00am - 10:00am - ELG
  • 10/2/14 - Apparently I need to clarify the assignment submission policy in conjunction with what is considered to be on time versus what will receive a late penalty. The last paragraph of Submitting Assignments
    has been replaced with the following:

    You may do multiple commits of either the MPs or the HWs. We will only grade the last version committed before the Extension deadline. Each homework will be classified as on time if its last submission is logged before the Due date of the assignment. If the last submission before the Extension deadline is after the Due date, you will receive a late penalty as described in Extensions. - ELG


  • 9/30/14 - Grade reports for MP2 and MP3 have been returned to your svn repositories. You should now have reports for HW1, HW2, HW3, MP1, MP2 and MP3. The scores for these assignments have been added to Compass. A syllabus and sample exam have been posted to the exams webpage to help you prepare for the midterm next week. - ELG
  • 9/25/14 - HW5 has been posted. - EP
  • 9/7/14 - MP2 has been updated on the website to only include Problems 1-5. Problems 6-12 will be covered on the next MP. - SEJ
  • 9/5/14 - I have posted a revised set of slides for the lectures given this last week. I have added a few slides with annoations to try to make clearer how each step of evaluation is done. - ELG
  • 9/4/14 - Since I failed to cover lists in class today, MP2 is reduced to the first 5 problems, and the remaining problems will be rolled over to MP3. If you have done some of them, you do not need to delete them (but they do need to compile), but we will remove all tests for problems 6 - 12 from the grading. - ELG
  • 8/28/14 - There was a typo in the description of how to turn in HW1. The name of the file you should submit is hw1-submission.pdf. An corrected pdf has been posted to the website and placed in your repositories. - ELG
  • 8/28/14 - A students's cellphone was found in Siebel 1410 at the end of class today and was turned in to the Academic Office Lost and Found. - ELG
  • 8/28/14 - Elsa Gunter's office hours for tomorrow, Frday 29 August, will be half an hour earlier than the regular schedule, at 9:30am - 10:30am. - ELG
  • 8/26/14 - Welcome to CS421, Fall 2014. This page will be the main bulletin board for the course, and hence is always under construction. Please check it frequently. - ELG
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    Class Schedule
    Lecture:
    Tues, Thurs 2:00pm - 3:15pm
    1404 SC

    Staff
    Professor
    Elsa Gunter
    Email: egunter@illinois.edu
    Office: 2112 SC
    Phone: 265-6118
    Hours: Tues 12:30pm - 1:45 pm, Thurs 3:30pm - 4:45pm
    Fri 10:00am - 10:50am, Also by appointment

    Teaching Assistants
    Susannah Johnson
    Email: sjohnsn2@illinois.edu
    Office: 0207 SC
    Hours: Mon 2:00pm - 3:45pm

    Edgar Pek
    Email: pek1@illinois.edu
    Office: 0207 SC
    Hours: Wed 10:00am - 11:45am

    Blake Petermeier
    Email: petermr2@illinois.edu
    Office: 0207 SC
    Hours: Tues 7:00pm - 9:pm