High-Level Programming Languages

• Tremendous variety: for different applications. with different philosophies
• Several underlying models of how computation is to be done, called paradigms
• "Hot languages" change frequently
• Corollary. In your career, you will use a number of different languages and at least two different paradigms.

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Courses on High Level Programming Languages at Virginia Tech include:

• CS 1044: Introduction to C Programming
• CS 1704: Introduction to Software Engineering and Data Structures
• CS 2304: Self-Study in (a programming language) - varies from semester to semester
• CS 2704: Object-Oriented Software Design and Construction
• CS 3304: Comparative Languages
• CS 4114: Formal Languages
• CS 4304: Compiler Design

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