The seminar meets in spring 2015 on Thursdays from 4 until a bit before 7 (with a short break in the middle), in
the Linguistics building at 10 Washington Place, in room 103 (front of the first floor).
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+One student session to discuss homeworks will be held every Wednesday from 5-6, in Linguistics room 104 (back of the first floor).
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+## [[Index of Main Content|content]] (lecture notes and more) ##
-## [[Index of Content (lecture notes and more)|content]] ##
+## [[Offsite Readings|readings]] ##
## Announcements ##
* This wiki will be undergoing lots of changes throughout the semester, and particularly in these first few days as we get it set up, migrate over some of the content from the previous time
we taught this course, and iron out various technical wrinkles. Please be patient. When you sit down to read the wiki, it's a good idea to always hit "Refresh" in your browser to make sure you're reading the latest additions and refinements of the website. (Sometimes these will be tweaks, other times very substantial. Updates will happen at miscellaneous hours, sometimes many times in a given day.)
- If you've eager to learn, though, you don't have to wait on us to be ready to serve you. You can go look at the [archived first version](http://lambda1.jimpryor.net) of this course. Just keep in mind that
+ If you're eager to learn, though, you don't have to wait on us to be ready to serve you. You can go look at the [archived first version](http://lambda1.jimpryor.net) of this course. Just keep in mind that
the text and links there haven't been updated. And/or you can get started on installing the software and ordering some of the books.
* As we mentioned in class, if you're following the course and would like to be emailed occasionally, send an email to <mailto:jim.pryor@nyu.edu>, saying "lambda" in the subject line. Most often, we will just post announcements to this website, rather than emailing you. But occasionally an email might be more appropriate.
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-One student session will be held every Wednesday from XX-YY at WHERE.
+* The student session has been scheduled for Wednesdays from 5-6, in Linguistics room 104 (back of the first floor).
-For those who'd like to attend the section but can't make the
-Wednesday time: If you're one of the students who
-wants to meet for Q&A at some other time in the week, let us know.
+ Those of you interested in additional Q&A but who can't make that time, let us know.
-You should see the student sessions as opportunities to clear up lingering
+ You should see these student sessions as opportunities to clear up lingering
issues from material we've discussed, and help get a better footing for what
-we'll be doing the next week. It would be smart to make a serious start on that
-week's homework, for instance, before the session.
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+we'll be doing the next week. It's expected you'll have made at least a serious start on that
+week's homework (due the following day) before the session.
-* Here is information about [[How to get the programming languages running on your computer|installing]]. If those instructions seem overwhelming, note that it should be possible to do a lot of this course using only demonstration versions of these languages that run in your web browser.
+* Here is information about [[How to get the programming languages running on your computer|installing]]. If those instructions seem overwhelming, note that it should be possible to do a lot of this course using only demonstration versions of these languages [[that run in your web browser|browser]].
* Henceforth, unless we say otherwise, every homework will be "due" by
Wednesday morning after the Thursday seminar in which we refer to it.
> Topics:
[[Order in programming languages and natural language|topics/week1 order]];
-[[Introduction to functional programming|topics/week1]];
+[[Introduction to functional programming|topics/week1 kapulet intro]];
[[Homework|exercises/assignment1]];
-[[Advanced notes|topics/week1 advanced notes]]
+[[Advanced notes|topics/week1 kapulet advanced]]
+(**Intermezzo**)
+> Help on [[learning Scheme]], [[OCaml|learning OCaml]], and [[Haskell|learning Haskell]];
+The [[differences between our made-up language and Scheme, OCaml, and Haskell|rosetta1]];
+[[What do words like "interpreter" and "compiler" mean?|ecosystem]] (in progress)
+(**[[Lambda Evaluator|code/lambda evaluator]]**) Usable in your browser. It can help you check whether your answer to some of the (upcoming) homework questions works correctly.
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-[[Lambda Evaluator]]: Usable in your browser. It can help you check whether your answer to some of the homework questions works correctly. There is also now a [library](/lambda_library) of lambda-calculus arithmetical and list operations, some relatively advanced.
+ There is also now a [library](/lambda library) of lambda-calculus arithmetical and list operations, some relatively advanced.
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+(**Week 2**) Thursday 5 February 2015
+> Topics:
+[[Intro to the Lambda Calculus|topics/week2 lambda intro]];
+[[Advanced notes|topics/week2 lambda advanced]];
+[[Encoding Booleans, Tuples, Lists, and Numbers|topics/week2 encodings]];
+[[Homework|exercises/assignment2]]
+
+> Also, if you're reading the Hankin book, try reading Chapters 1-3. You will most likely need to come back again and read it multiple times; but this would be a good time to make the first attempt.
+
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understanding of them to recognize them in use, use them yourself at least
in simple ways, and to be able to read more about them when appropriate.
+"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -- [E. W. Dijkstra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra) <small>(or Hal Abelson, or Michael Fellows; the quote's <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computer_science">origins are murky</a>)</small>
+
+
[[More about the topics and larger themes of the course|overview]]
[Lisp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_%28programming_language%29),
[Scheme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_%28programming_language%29),
[Racket](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket_%28programming_language%29), and
-[Chicken](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHICKEN_%28Scheme_implementation%29).)
- <!-- Help on Learning Scheme -->
+[Chicken](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHICKEN_%28Scheme_implementation%29).)
+ (Help on [[Learning Scheme]])
* **Caml** is one of two major dialects of *ML*, which is another large
family of programming languages. Caml has only one active "implementation",
(Wikipedia on
[ML](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ML_%28programming_language%29),
[Caml](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caml), and
-[OCaml](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCaml).)
- <!-- Help on Learning OCaml -->
+[OCaml](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCaml).)
+ (Help on [[Learning OCaml]])
* **Haskell** is also used a
(Wikipedia on
[Haskell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_language%29) and
-[GHC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Haskell_Compiler).)
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+[GHC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Haskell_Compiler).)
+ (Help on [[Learning Haskell]])
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