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University of Waterloo : Faculty of Mathematics : School of Computer Science

This course presents the relationship between high-level languages and the computer architecture that underlies their implementation, including basic machine architecture, assemblers, specification and translation of programming languages, linkers and loaders, block-structured languages, parameter passing mechanisms, and comparison of programming languages.

Use the links above and below to navigate course content.

• Course notes
• Course schedule
• Assignments
• Tools
• Additional reference material
• Piazza
• Current term information
• View your marks
• Official calendar description
• Handbook description (from the official Computer Science Undergraduate Handbook)
• Course coordinators
• CS FAQ
• CS resources (useful resources for current CS students)

• Schedule of Classes
Personnel
Instructors
• Chengnian Sun
  • Email: cnsun@uwaterloo.ca
Instructional Support Assistant
• Hilbert Yang
  • Email: cs241@uwaterloo.ca
• Hassan Hashmi
  • Email: hassan.hashmi@uwaterloo.ca
• Quan Cheng Taian
  • Email: qctaian@uwaterloo.ca
Instructional Apprentice
• Kris Frasheri
  • Email: kfrasher@uwaterloo.ca
Instructional Support Coordinator
• Gang Lu
  • Email: glu@uwaterloo.ca

For your convenience, we provide a facility to check your unofficial marks online. As your assignment and quiz marks are recorded, they will be made available on this website. You will need your WatIAM username (8 characters or less) and password in order to log in; your password is the same one that you use for Quest. Errors in the marks should be reported to the ISA.

Language-specific resources:

• Racket
  • Using Racket in CS 241 (warning: somewhat outdated)
• C++
  • Jumping into C++
    • STL string class
    • STL vector class
    • STL map class
  • C++ Language Tutorial
  • Another C++ Language Tutorial
  • STL Quick Reference for CS 241
  • Debugging Valgrind Errors

Piazza provides a forum for students to discuss and ask questions about course material and assignments. A Piazza invitation should be sent to your UW email address shortly after the beginning of the term or the day after you enroll. We encourage you to use Piazza regularly. It is a handy and timely way for students to learn from each other and the course staff. Essential announcements will be posted to Piazza. Read the Piazza rules in the course outline before posting.