logic requirement

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        the Curry-Howard isomorphism(s)
        monads in category theory and computation
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        the Curry-Howard isomorphism(s)
        monads in category theory and computation
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 ## Who Can Participate? ##
 
 The course will not presume previous experience with programming.  We
 ## Who Can Participate? ##
 
 The course will not presume previous experience with programming.  We


@@ -90,13 +90,19 @@ languages, and we will encourage experimentation with running,
 modifying, and writing computer programs.
 
 The course will not presume lots of mathematical or logical background, either.
 modifying, and writing computer programs.
 
 The course will not presume lots of mathematical or logical background, either.

-However, it will demand a certain amount of comfort working with such material; as a result, 
+However, it will demand a certain amount of comfort working with such material; as a result,

 it will not be especially well-suited to be a first graduate-level course
 in formal semantics or philosophy of language. If you have concerns about your
 background, come discuss them with us.
 
 it will not be especially well-suited to be a first graduate-level course
 in formal semantics or philosophy of language. If you have concerns about your
 background, come discuss them with us.
 

-It hasn't yet been decided whether this course counts for satisfying the logic requirement for 
-Philosophy PhD students.
+This class will count as satisfying the logic requirement for Philosophy
+PhD students; however if this would be your first or only serious
+engagement with graduate-level formal work you should consider
+carefully, and must discuss with us, (1) whether you'll be adequately
+prepared for this course, and (2) whether you'd be better served by
+taking a logic course (at a neighboring department, or at NYU next year)
+with a more canonical syllabus.
+

 
 Faculty and students from outside of NYU Linguistics and Philosophy are welcome
 to audit, to the extent that this coheres well with the needs of our local
 
 Faculty and students from outside of NYU Linguistics and Philosophy are welcome
 to audit, to the extent that this coheres well with the needs of our local


@@ -138,7 +144,8 @@ other.
 
 [[Using the programming languages]]
 
 
 [[Using the programming languages]]
 

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+[[Family tree of functional programming languages]]
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 ## Recommended Books ##
 
 *      *An Introduction to Lambda Calculi for Computer Scientists*, by Chris
 ## Recommended Books ##
 
 *      *An Introduction to Lambda Calculi for Computer Scientists*, by Chris


@@ -169,7 +176,8 @@ on [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Seasoned-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/02625610
 on [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Little-MLer-Matthias-Felleisen/dp/026256114X).
 This covers some of the same introductory ground as The Little Schemer, but
 this time in ML. The dialect of ML used is SML, not OCaml, but there are only
 on [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Little-MLer-Matthias-Felleisen/dp/026256114X).
 This covers some of the same introductory ground as The Little Schemer, but
 this time in ML. The dialect of ML used is SML, not OCaml, but there are only

-superficial syntactic differences between these languages.
+superficial syntactic differences between these languages. [Here's a translation
+manual between them](http://www.mpi-sws.org/~rossberg/sml-vs-ocaml.html).

 
 ##[[Schedule of Topics]]##
 
 
 ##[[Schedule of Topics]]##