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See the
.See http://www/dick/cs320/syllabus.htm
for details -- look for the table
at the end of the syllabus that
describes what is needed for each phase in the project.
And how the points are allocated.

You are required to study and improve the
documentation and design of a language
called `A`:
.See http://www/dick/cs320/A.html
(web format) and
.See http://www/dick/cs320/A.txt
(raw)
that I've just started to develop.  A is
the kind of `autocode` I had to use in the 1960s in the UK.
It needs fixing.

Notice that the language refrence manual also has problems.
The BNF is pretty good and it has examples, but there are
too few comments and hardly any semantics.

. Teams
It is essential that your work in teams.  People who
work alone have rarely got a good grade.  A team can
have 2,3,4, or 5 members.  All people in the team
get the same scores.

Hints:  start by getting email addresses and schedules from
all people on the team.  Then schedule a meeting time
to start the project.

. Project Phase 1 due class 07
Check the
.See http://www/dick/cs320/schedule.html
for the date when this is due.

.List
 You have a specification for a small language with a large number of defects. 
.See http://www/dick/cs320/A.html
  Your first task is to draw a UML diagram of the concepts used in the 
language. Drawing this diagram should help you spot some things that you'd
like to change in the original specification.
 Before you hand in this diagram checkout
.See ./UMLErrors.pdf
to avoid getting lots of corrections.
 Your second task is to prepare a list of improvements you would make to 
the language. You should prepare at least one piece of code as an example 
of how
your know language will be used.  You can change your mind, but it helps
to be specific now.
 Your third task is to give a name to the language that you will produce. 
 Fourth Task: write up your results: diagram, improvements, language name, and the people in the group.
 Finally: hand it in. Plain paper, stapled please. No cover sheets, folders, etc. 
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Grading: examples 3pts, comments 3 pts, UML 4 points.
Points: 10.
. Project Phase 1 resubmit class 11
You can resubmit your first phase.

No further resubmissions!

. Project Phase 2 due class 15
Deliverables: 
.List
	Who did it?
	Name of Language?
	Changes to the syntax (BNF/EBNF/XBNF),
	Examples of code in your language,
	UML Diagram of the semantics of your new language.
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Grading: examples 2pts, comments 2 pts, BNF 3 points, UML 3 points.
Points: 10
. Project Phase 3 due class 20
Deliverables: Present your new language to class.... including
.List
 comments,
 examples,
 syntax, 
 semantics.

 All members in the team need to make a visible or audible contribution.
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Grading: examples 2pts, comments 2 pts, BNF 3 points, UML 3 points.
Points: 10
. Project Phase 4 LRM
Hand in a complete Language Reference Manual or LRM
to me or my box in the dept. office
before the deadline in schedule.

Grading: examples 3pts, comments 3 pts, BNF 5 points, UML 4 points.
Points: 15

. Projects in the Final
THere will be questions in the final exam that will ask you
about your specific project.
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