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 (15 Nov) Lecture notes for [[Week9]]; [[Assignment7]]. Everyone auditing in the class is encouraged to do this assignment, or at least work through the substantial "hints".
 
->	Topics: Mutable Variables; Passing by Reference; [[State Monad Tutorial]]
+>	Topics: Mutable Variables; Passing by Reference; [[State Monad Tutorial]] (added recently)
 
 (22 Nov) Lecture notes for [[Week10]]
 
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 (6 Dec) Lecture notes for [[Week12]]; [[Assignment9]].
 
->	Topics: [[List Monad as Continuation Monad]]; [[Manipulating Trees with Monads]]; [[Monad Transformers]]
+>	Topics: [[List Monad as Continuation Monad]]; [[Manipulating Trees with Monads]] (updated); [[Monad Transformers]] (added recently)
 
-(13 Dec) Lecture notes for Week13; Assignment10.
+(13 Dec) Lecture notes for Week13; [[Assignment10]].
 
->	Topics: CPS and Continuation Operators; Curry-Howard
+>	Topics: [[CPS and Continuation Operators]]; Curry-Howard
 
 [[Advanced Topics]]
 
@@ -244,6 +244,12 @@ other.
 
 [[Translating between OCaml Scheme and Haskell]]
 
+## What is Functional Programming? ##
+
+Here's a [survey conducted at Microsoft](http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=141506) asking programmers what they understand "functional programming" to be. Don't take their responses to be authoritative... this is a just a "man in the street" (seat?) poll.
+
+Read more about the [uptake of Haskell](http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2010/12/haskell-researchers-announce-discovery.html) among programmers in the street.
+
 
 ## Recommended Books ##