| Lecture | Date | Topics | P&P Reading | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 15 Sep | Introduction and review | Ch. 6-7 | |
| 2 | Thu 17 Sep | I/O abstractions, keyboard, monitor | Sec. 8.1-4 | |
| 3 | Tue 22 Sep | Repeated code: subroutines, TRAPs, interrupts, libraries | Ch. 9 | |
| 4 | Thu 24 Sep | Stacks: abstraction and use in assembly | Ch. 10 | |
| 5 | Tue 29 Sep | Stacks: conventions and use for subroutines | Ch. 10 | |
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| 6 | Tue 13 Oct | Re-introduction to C: variables, operators | Ch. 11-12 | |
| 7 | Thu 15 Oct | C control constructs | Ch. 13 | |
| 8 | Tue 20 Oct | Examples, problem solving with C | (Ch. 11-13) | |
| 9 | Thu 22 Oct | Functions in C: implementation and examples | Sec. 14.1-3 | |
| 10 | Tue 27 Oct | Examples using functions, introduction to pointers | Sec. 14.4, 16.1-2 | |
| MT1 | Thu 29 Oct | Optional: Review for Midterm #1 | ||
| 12 | Tue 3 Nov | Arrays: introduction and examples | Ch. 16 | |
| 13 | Thu 5 Nov | Testing and debugging: error taxonomy, examples, and strategies | Ch. 15 | |
| 14 | Tue 10 Nov | More examples of testing | -- | |
| 15 | Thu 12 Nov | Recursion: introduction and example | Ch. 17 | |
| 16 | Tue 17 Nov | Recursion: general strategy, examples, stack frames | Ch. 17 | |
| 17 | Thu 19 Nov | Structured data in C | Sec. 19.1 | |
| 18 | Tue 24 Nov | Data structures: example, defining types, enums | Sec. 19.2-3 | |
| 19 | Thu 26 Nov | Dynamic allocation: resizing, C API, linked lists | Sec. 19.4-5 | |
| 20 | Tue 1 Dec | Pointer-based data structures | -- | |
| MT2 | Thu 3 Dec | Optional: Review for Midterm #2 | ||
| 22 | Tue 8 Dec | Implementation of dynamic memory allocation | -- | |
| 23 | Thu 10 Dec | I/O in Unix and C | Ch. 18 and notes | |
| 24 | Tue 15 Dec | Extensive I/O example | -- | |
| 25 | Thu 17 Dec | Function pointers, hierarchies of structures | -- | |
| 26 | Tue 22 Dec | C++: classes, inheritance, access control | -- | |
| 27 | Thu 24 Dec | C++: constructors and destructors, dynamic memory management | -- | |
| FIN | TBD | Final Exam |