COMP9161 Concepts of Programming Languages  
Programming language paradigms: imperative, object oriented, declarative  i.e., functional and logic. Theoretical
foundations of programming languages: syntax, operatational, axiomatic and denotational semantics. Implementation aspects
of central language features, such as dynamic and strong typing, polymorphism, overloading
and automatic memory management. Abstracting over programming languages and architectures: byte code
approach, component software.