COMP251: Systems Programming
Archive: Spring 2023
- Instructor: Dr. Marion Lang
- Email: langm@rhodes.edu
- My calendar; book time using calendly.com/lang-cal
- This website: 251.systems or comp251.github.io
- CS Program Slack:
#comp251
Course Schedule
- Wednesday 1/11
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- Welcome! What is systems? 🕵️
Course overview; syllabus - Welcome survey
- Katas
- Welcome! What is systems? 🕵️
- Friday 1/13
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- Ontological questions: what’s a computer? 🧐
- HW 1
- DIS Chapter 4
- Monday 1/16
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- MLK Jr Day/No Class
- Wednesday 1/18
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- Numeric representation (
00) - DIS Section 5.2
- Numeric representation (
- Friday 1/20
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- Representation (
01)
- Representation (
- Monday 1/23
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- Representation (
10) wrap-up - Lab 0
HW 2 - DIS Chapters 0-1
TLCL Chapters 1-4
- Representation (
- Wednesday 1/25
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- Unix and Linux 🐧
- Friday 1/27
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- GitHub and git
- GitHub and git
- Monday 1/30
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- Introduction to C 🦾
C: syntax ✍️ - class code
- HFC Chapter 1
- Introduction to C 🦾
- Wednesday 2/1
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- No class: ice storm
video - exercises + io
notes - Kata 0
- class code
- No class: ice storm
- Friday 2/3
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- C: types
- DIS Chapter 2
- Monday 2/6
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- C: arrays, strings,
string.h,strtok🪙 - Lab 1
- DIS Chapter 13.2
class code
- C: arrays, strings,
- Wednesday 2/8
-
string.h,strtok, pointers- Kata 1
- class code
- Friday 2/10
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- Monday 2/13
-
strtok- class code
- Wednesday 2/15
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- Debugging 🐛
- Kata 2
- DIS Chapter 3
- Friday 2/17
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- Processes:
fork+exec🍴
- Processes:
- Monday 2/20
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- Stack vs. heap memory 🤔
- Wednesday 2/22
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- Stack vs. heap
- Kata 3
- class code
DIS Chapter 2
HFC Chapter 5+6
- Friday 2/24
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- Stack vs. heap; gdb 🐞
- Lab 2
- class code
- Monday 2/27
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- Dynamic memory 💫
- class code
- Wednesday 3/1
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malloc/free+ friends 📝- Kata 4
- class code
- Friday 3/3
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- Heap management 🚜
- Monday 3/6
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- Exam Qs +
struct
- Exam Qs +
- Wednesday 3/8
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- Midterm Exam
- Friday 3/10
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- Abstract data types ☁️
- Lab 3
- class code
DIS 2.7
- Monday 3/13
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- Spring Break/No Class
- Wednesday 3/15
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- Spring Break/No Class
- Friday 3/17
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- Spring Break/No Class
- Monday 3/20
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- Abstraction, object files, and linking
- class code
HFC Chapter 8
- Wednesday 3/22
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- Linked data structures ⛓️
- DIS Chapter 2
HFC Chapter 5+6
- Friday 3/24
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- Linked data structures (cont) 🤝
- class code
- Monday 3/27
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- The memory hierarchy 🧠
Virtual memory 🤖 - DIS Chapter 11.1 + 13
- The memory hierarchy 🧠
- Wednesday 3/29
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- Virtual memory
- Friday 3/31
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- Virtual memory; the heap 🏔️
- Lab 4
- CS:APP – 9.8-9.12
Lecture slides
- Monday 4/3
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- Virtual memory and paging
- Diagram handout
- Wednesday 4/5
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- Virtual memory and paging (cont)
- Kata 5
- Friday 4/7
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- No class: Easter Recess
- Monday 4/10
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- Virtual memory wrap-up;
sbrkandmmap🗺️ - CS:APP – 11.1-11.4
- Virtual memory wrap-up;
- Wednesday 4/12
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- Network programming intro 🔌
- Friday 4/14
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- The internet 🌐
- BGNP – 1-6
- Monday 4/17
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- Sockets intro 🔌
- Lab 5
- Wednesday 4/19
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- Sockets: client/server functions
- Friday 4/21
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- Network programming with protocols
- class code
- Monday 4/24
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- Threads intro 🪡
- class code
DIS – 14-14.3
- Wednesday 4/26
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- Threads: synchronization 🧵
- DIS – 14-14.3
- Friday 4/28
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- Rhodes Symposium
- Saturday 5/6
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- Final Exam: 1pm
- Have a good summer!
