Princeton University
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Computer Science 217
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Spring 2016 |
The purpose of this course is to provide the fundamental background necessary to understand, design and implement the components of programming systems. Examples of such components include text editors, assemblers, compilers, loaders, interpreters, and portions of operating systems. The course is divided into three major parts: machine organization and assembly language programming, program design and development, and software tools.
MW 10:00AM-10:50AM, CS Building 104
Please direct questions concerning your precept assignment to Colleen Kenny-McGinley, the CS Department's Undergraduate Coordinator. Colleen's contact information is provided later on this page. The course's professor, lead preceptor, and graduate student preceptors do not manage precept assignments.
| Number | Meeting Time | Meeting Place | Preceptor |
| 1 | MW 1:30PM-2:20PM | CS Building 102 | Dondero |
| 2 | MW 3:30PM-4:20PM | CS Building 102 | Dondero |
| 3 | TTh 12:30PM-1:20PM | CS Building 102 | Petras |
| 4 | TTh 1:30PM-2:20PM | CS Building 102 | Petras |
| 5 | TTh 3:30PM-4:20PM | CS Building 102 | Karlin |
| 6 | TTh 7:30PM-8:20PM | CS Building 102 | Qiu |
Aarti Gupta, Ph.D. : CS Building 220 : aartig@cs.princeton.edu
Office Hours: MW 11:00AM in CS Building 220
Robert Dondero, Ph.D. : CS Building 206 : rdondero@cs.princeton.edu
Office Hours: M 2:30PM, M 4:30PM, W 2:30PM, and W 4:30PM in CS Building 206 or CS Building 102
Iasonas Petras, Ph.D. : CS Building 209 : ipetras@cs.princeton.edu
Office Hours: T 2:30PM, T 3:30PM, Th 2:30PM, and Th 3:30PM in CS Building 209
Scott Karlin, Ph.D. : CS Building 101 : scott@cs.princeton.edu
Office Hours: M 12:30PM and W 12:30PM (starting 2/3) in CS Building 101
Huilian (Sophie) Qiu : CS Building 001B : hqiu@princeton.edu
Office Hours: T 8:30PM and Th 8:30PM in CS 102
Cissy Chen : cissyc@princeton.edu
Dorothy Chen : dschen@princeton.edu
Hun Choi : hunc@princeton.edu
Tommy Lomont : tlomont@princeton.edu
Naphat Sanguansin : naphats@princeton.edu
Colleen Kenny-McGinley : CS Building 210 : ckenny@cs.princeton.edu
Available in rooms Lewis Library 121 and Lewis Library 122. A lab teaching assistant schedule provides details.
COS 126. More specifically, you should have substantial programming experience using some high-level programming language such as Java. Prior experience with the C programming language is helpful but not essential.
The course uses these textbooks and manuals:
C Programming: A Modern Approach (Second Edition), K. N. King, Norton & Co. 2008. The book covers the C programming language and advanced C programming.
That book is available in the University bookstore and is on reserve in the Engineering Library.
The Practice of Programming, Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike, Addison-Wesley 1999. The book covers program and programming style. Many of the lectures in the first half of the course are derived, in part, from this book.
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (Third Edition), Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron, Prentice-Hall 2015. The book covers computer systems from the point of view of a C programmer. In particular, it covers x86-64 architecture and assembly language and the Linux operating system. The most important chapters of the book are available through Blackboard in the "Course Materials" section.
Those books are available in the University bookstore and are on reserve in the Engineering Library.
Linux Pocket Guide, Daniel J. Barrett, O'Reilly 2012 (or 2004). The book covers the most fundamental aspects of the Linux operating system and the Bash shell from the user's point of view.
The course uses these manuals, for reference only:
Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual: Volume 1: Basic Architecture
Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual: Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference
Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual: Volume 3: System Programming Guide
Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Optimization Reference Manual
Please study the course Policies, especially those regarding collaboration on assignments.