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@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ This course is co-taught by [Chris Barker](http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cb125/) and
 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).
 
-<!--
-One student session will be held every Wednesday from XX-YY at WHERE.
--->
+One student session to discuss homeworks will be held every Wednesday from 5-6, in Linguistics room 104 (back of the first floor).
 
 ## [[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
@@ -22,20 +22,18 @@ the text and links there haven't been updated. And/or you can get started on ins
 
 *   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.
 
+<!--
 *   As we mentioned in class, we're also going to schedule a session to discuss the weekly homeworks. If you'd like to participate in this, please complete [this Doodle poll](http://doodle.com/7xrf4w8xq4i9e5za). It asks when you are available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
+-->
 
-<!--
-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&amp;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.
--->
+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|browser]].
 
@@ -134,6 +132,9 @@ course is to enable you to make these tools your own; to have enough
 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]]
 
 
@@ -218,8 +219,8 @@ Other R7RS-friendly: [Gauche](http://practical-scheme.net/gauche), [Chibi](https
 [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",
@@ -230,8 +231,8 @@ specifically in OCaml.
     (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
@@ -248,9 +249,12 @@ for "Glasgow Haskell Compiler".
 
     (Wikipedia on
 [Haskell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_language%29) and
-[GHC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Haskell_Compiler).)
-    <!-- Help on Learning Haskell -->
+[GHC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Haskell_Compiler).)  
+    (Help on [[Learning Haskell]])
 
+<!--
+[Helium](https://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2003-January/011071.html) is a simplified Haskell for teaching (no typeclasses)
+-->