Department of Computer Science

Course contents

This is a list of the units and the topics:

• Unit 1, Introduction to C++
  • Topic 1: History & overview of C++, & differences from Eiffel,
  • Topic 2: Program structure & basic data types, declarations, statements and I/O

• Unit 2, Functions and classes
  • Topic 3: The char type, and functions,
  • Topic 4: simple classes & header files,

• Unit 3, Arrays and program structure
  • Topic 5: arrays, array parameters and arrays of char,
  • Topic 6: more on classes and separate compilation

• Unit 4, Pointers
  • Topic 7: pointers and dynamic storage allocation,
  • Topic 8: similarity of pointers and arrays (in C++),
  • Topic 9: using pointers for linked lists,

• Unit 5, References, constructors and templates
  • Topic 10: References,
  • Topic 11: More constructors,
  • Topic 12: Templates (generics)

• Unit 6, Inheritance
  • Topic 13: Inheritance

• Unit 7, Language design and Prolog
  • Topic 14: Overview of programming language design,
  • Topic 15: Prolog: goals, arguments, rules, recursion

• Unit 8, Functional languages: Haskell
  • Topic 16: Functional languages: Haskell,

• Unit 9, Types and type checking
  • Topic 17: Types and type checking,

• Unit 10, Scope, dependency, program structure and separate compilation
  • Topic 17: Scope rules, dependency, and encapsulation,

  • Topic 18: Program structure, compilation and linkage

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