UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Computer Science 2620
COMPARATIVE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
September 2025
Title:   Comparative Programming Languages
     
Instructor:   Cezar Câmpeanu
     
Email:   ccampeanu < at > upei < dot > ca
     
Office:   CASS 408
     
Tel:   (902)566-0485
     
Textbook:   Concepts of Programming Languages 11th Edition
by Robert W. Sebesta
Addison Wesley, ISBN-13: 978 0-13-394302-3
or ISBN-10: 0-13-394302-X
ISBN-13: 978 0-13-394316-0
or
Concepts of Programming Languages, 12th edition
# by Robert W. Sebesta
Published by Pearson
ISBN-13: 9780135102268
     
   
     
Textbook web site:   https://www.pearson.com/en-ca/subject-catalog/p/concepts-of-programming-languages/P200000003361/9780135102268
     
Course web site:  

Go To: http://www.smcs.upei.ca/~ccampeanu/,
Then follow the links: Teaching, and CS2620 under Fall 2026.

Alternative route: Go To: http://www.upei.ca/school-of-mathematical-and-computational-sciences,
Then follow the links: Faculty Members, Cezar Campeanu, follow the Island Scholar link then click on website click on Personal webpage, and follow Teaching, and CS2620 under Fall 2026.

     
General description:   This course examines the principal features of major types of programming languages, including procedural, logical, functional and object-oriented languages. Features include data program structures, types, support for abstraction, operating environments, parameter-passing mechanism, control structures, scope, and binding rules. Each language type is illustrated by considering a specific language. Natural areas of application for major high-level languages are studied.
     
Time and Location:   Monday/Wednesday/Friday:8:30-9:20, SDU Main Bldg, 432
     
Office Hours:   TBA or by appointment (please send email-)
     
Midterm Exam I:   TBA
     
Midterm Exam II:   TBA
     
Final Exam:   TBA
     
    This course is taking place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lnu Epekwitk (Island Mi'kmaq), a district of Mi'kma'ki, the Mi'kmaq Nation.
     
    https://library.upei.ca/ai/home
     
    https://moodle31.upei.ca/course/view.php?id=9071
     
    This course is committed to the principle of academic integrity. Submitted work is expected to reflect an individual effort. Copying or cheating on assignments or tests will be dealt with harshly. Students should read Academic Regulation 20 in the UPEI Calendar at page 113 (http://files.upei.ca/calendar.pdf(not updated to academic year 2025-2026 yet!) or online Academic Integrity).
     
    The following link will help you to maintain academic integrity and avoid plagiarism https://library.upei.ca/ai/home.
     
    You are expected to write your own code, your own proofs, your own examples, and so on. Unless explicitly specified in the assignment's text, the submitted work should be all yours.
     
    For some/all assignments/moodle resources and exams you may have to earn one or more academic integrity badges.
     
Grading scheme:
Assignments Midterm Examinations (late October/November) Project (Report by end of November) Final Examination
30% 20% 15% 35%
   
Course Resources:
  1. Assignments
  2. Handouts
  3. Project
  4. Moodle login
  5. Assignment Policy
  6. Tentative Schedule
  7. Virtual Machine
   
Important Notices: Please, check course web site periodically for updates. For any problems concerning the CS2620 pages, please contact me.
   
Note: Second year students and up that are interested in marking, please check with our administrative assistants.
   
To make sure you are viewing the most recent version of this page,press the shift key while clicking on the Reload button.
It is your responsibility to check this page for updates.
It is your responsibility to check this page for updates.
Last modified:Wednesday September 10, 2025 at 11:55 pm ADT
Cezar Câmpeanu