Princeton University
Computer Science Department

Computer Science 217
Introduction to Programming Systems

Randy Wang

Fall 2004
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The schedule will change throughout the course.  Please check it frequently.

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Week 1: 9/9 - 9/12

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 1, 2; The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 1

Reading (recommended): Programming with GNU Software (Loukides & Oram) 1, 4

Lecture 1: (Thursday) Introduction: pdf (169KB), avi (50min, 39MB).

Precept 1: (Thursday/Friday) CANCELLED BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING PROBLEMS

Week 2: 9/13 - 9/19

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 4

Reading (recommended): Programming with GNU Software (Loukides & Oram) 2, 3

Lecture 2: (Tuesday) Introduction to C: pdf (228KB), avi (55min, 47MB).

Precept 2: (Tuesday/Wednesday) Introduction; The Program Preparation Process

Lecture 3: (Thursday) Programming style and scope: pdf (497KB), avi (50min, 40MB).

Precept 3: (Thursday/Friday) UNIX; Emacs

Week 3: 9/20 - 9/26

Reading (required):  C Programming (King) 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15

Reading (recommended): Programming with GNU Software (Loukides & Oram) 6

Lecture 4: (Tuesday) Modules and interfaces: pdf (338KB), avi (47min, 36.9MB).

Precept 4: (Tuesday/Wednesday) C Simple Programs; C Fundamentals

Lecture 5: (Thursday) Pointers and arrays: pdf (510KB), avi (54min, 42.6MB).

Precept 5: (Thursday/Friday) C Fundamentals (cont.); C Multi-File Programs; Gdb

(Sunday) De-Comment Assignment Due

Week 4: 9/27 - 10/3

Reading (required):  C Programming (King) 13, 16, 17, 21, 22

Reading (recommended):

Lecture 6: (Tuesday) Abstract data types: pdf (261KB), avi (54min, 41.2MB).

Precept 6: (Tuesday/Wednesday) C Pointers; C Arrays

Lecture 7: (Thursday) Preprocessing and Macros: pdf (59.6KB), avi (50min, 37.8MB).

Precept 7: (Thursday/Friday) C Arrays (cont.); C Strings; C Constants

(Sunday) MyString Module Assignment Due

Week 5: 10/4 - 10/10

Reading (required):  C Programming (King) 19; The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 2, 5, 6

Reading (recommended):

Lecture 8: (Tuesday) Program design and hash table: pdf (294KB), avi (48min, 39.9MB).

Precept 8: (Tuesday/Wednesday) C Files; C Structures; C Dynamic Memory Management

Lecture 9: (Thursday) Robust programming and debugging: pdf (230KB), avi (56min, 42.9MB).

Precept 9: (Thursday/Friday) C Abstract Data Types

Week 6: 10/11 - 10/17

Reading (required):  C Programming (King) 10, 18

Reading (recommended):

Lecture 10: (Tuesday) Testing and profiling: pdf (289KB), avi (53min, 39.8MB).

Precept 10: (Tuesday/Wednesday) Void Pointers and Abstract Data Types; The Symbol Table Assignment

Lecture 11: (Thursday) Dynamic memory allocation: pdf (566KB)

Precept 11: (Thursday/Friday) C Function Pointers and Abstract Data Types; A DynArray ADT

(Sunday) Symbol Table Assignment Due

Week 7: 10/18 - 10/24

Reading (required): Programming from the Ground Up (Bartlett) 1, 2, 3, 10, B, E

Reading (recommended): Programming with GNU Software (Loukides & Oram) 7, 9; IA32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual: Volume 1: Basic Architecture

Lecture 12: (Tuesday) Overview of architecture: pdf (437KB), avi (49min, 35MB).

Precept 12: (Tuesday/Wednesday) C Declarations and Definitions

Lecture 13: (Thursday) Midterm Examination Old exams and answer sheets, This semester's exams.

Precept 13: (Thursday/Friday) Make; Gprof

Week 8: 10/25 - 10/31

(Monday - Sunday) Fall Recess

Week 9: 11/1 - 11/7

Reading (required): Programming from the Ground Up (Bartlett) 4, 9, F

Reading (recommended): Programming from the Ground Up (Bartlett) 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, C

Lecture 14: (Tuesday) IA32 instructions, Floating-point, branching and assembler directives: pdf (139KB)

Precept 14: (Tuesday/Wednesday) Assembly Language: Getting Started

Lecture 15: (Thursday) Procedure calls and calling conventions: pdf (160KB)

Precept 15: (Thursday/Friday) Assembly Language: Fundamentals, Control Transfer

Week 10: 11/8 - 11/14

Reading (required):

Reading (recommended): IA32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual: Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference; Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF) Specification

Lecture 16: (Tuesday) Assembler and Linker: pdf (429KB), avi (47min, 36MB).

Precept 16: (Tuesday/Wednesday) Assembly Language: Instruction Operand Types, Local Variables

Lecture 17: (Thursday) Overview of operating system: pdf (981KB), avi (46min, 34MB)

Precept 17: (Thursday/Friday) Assembly Language: Functions; Gdb for Assembly Language

(Sunday) UNIX Commands in Assembly Language Assignment Due

Week 11: 11/15 - 11/21

Reading (required): C Programming (King) 20

Reading (recommended):

Lecture 18: (Tuesday) Signals: pdf (332KB), avi (51min, 43MB)

Precept 18: (Tuesday/Wednesday) The Assembler Assignment: Overview

Lecture 19: (Thursday) Exceptions: pdf (98KB), avi (48min, 40MB)

Precept 19: (Thursday/Friday) The Assembler Assignment: Pass 1

Week 12: 11/22 - 11/28

Reading (required):

Reading (recommended):

Lecture 20: (Tuesday) Processes: pdf (172KB), avi (44min, 33MB)

Precept 20: (Tuesday/Wednesday) The Assembler Assignment: Pass 1 Relocation

(Thursday - Friday) Thanksgiving Holiday

Week 13: 11/29 - 12/5

Reading (required):  C Programming (King) 24

Reading (recommended): The UNIX Programming Environment (Kernighan & Pike) 7.1-3

Lecture 21: (Tuesday) Interprocess communication (pipes): pdf (288KB), avi (50min, 37MB)

Precept 21: (Tuesday/Wednesday) The Assembler Assignment: Pass 2

Lecture 22: (Thursday) Interprocess communication (sockets): pdf (472KB), avi (49min, 36MB)

Precept 22: (Thursday/Friday) The Shell Assignment: Overview

(Sunday) Assembler Assignment Due

Week 14: 12/6 - 12/12

Reading (required): The UNIX Programming Environment (Kernighan & Pike) 7.4-5; The Practice of Programming (Kernighan & Pike) 7, 8

Reading (recommended): Programming with GNU Software (Loukides & Oram) 5

Lecture 23: (Tuesday) Portable programming: pdf (168KB), avi (43min, 35MB)

Precept 23: (Tuesday/Wednesday) The Shell Assignment: UNIX Processes

Lecture 24: (Wednesday) Performance tuning: pdf (217KB), avi (41min, 32MB)

Precept 24: (Wednesday/Thursday) The Shell Assignment: UNIX Inter-Process Communication; Signals

Week 15: 12/13 - 12/19

(Monday - Sunday) Winter Break

Week 16: 12/20 - 12/26

(Monday - Sunday) Winter Break

Week 17: 12/27 - 1/2

(Monday - Sunday) Winter Break

Week 18: 1/3 - 1/9

(Monday - Sunday) Reading Period

Week 19: 1/10 - 1/16

(Monday - Tuesday) Reading Period

(Tuesday) Dean's Date

(Tuesday) Shell Assignment Due

(Wednesday - Sunday) Final Examinations

Week 20: 1/17 - 1/22

(Monday - Saturday) Final Examinations

(Tuesday/Wednesday) Exam Preparation Session (Summary Sheet, Old Exams and Answer Sheets)

(Friday) Final Examination (8:30am, CS 104)

All lecture notes are copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Kai Li, Andrew W. Appel, Thomas Funkhouser, David R. Hanson, Larry Peterson, and/or Randolph Wang. All precept handouts are copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Robert M. Dondero, Jr. Permission to reproduce these notes for not-for-profit educational purposes is hereby granted. These notes may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the express written consent of the author.