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 ## Announcements ##
 
-* This is the time of the semester when some people start slipping
-  behind with the homework.  Don't.
+<!--
+*	This is the time of the semester when some people start slipping
+behind with the homework.  Don't.
+-->
+
+*	We've added a page on [[Translating between OCaml Scheme and Haskell]]
+
+*	We've added some [commentary](/hints/assignment_6_commentary) on some common issues in your solutions to [[Assignment6]].
+
+*	We've added a [[Monad Library]] for OCaml.
+
+*	We've posted a [[State Monad Tutorial]].
 
 [[Older Announcements]]
 
@@ -23,6 +33,8 @@ the homework questions works correctly.
 There is also now a [library](/lambda_library) of lambda-calculus
 arithmetical and list operations, some relatively advanced.
 
+##[[Monad Library]]##
+
 
 ## Lecture Notes and Assignments ##
 
@@ -47,14 +59,35 @@ preloaded is available at [[assignment 3 evaluator]].
 
 (18 Oct, 25 Oct) Lecture notes for [[Week5]] and [[Week6]]; [[Assignment5]].
 
->	Topics: Types, Polymorphism, Unit and Bottom, Dividing by Zero/[[Towards Monads]]
+>	Topics: Types, Polymorphism, Unit and Bottom
+
+(1 Nov) Lecture notes for [[Week7]]; [[Assignment6]].
+
+>	Topics: Monads; [[Reader Monad for Variable Binding]]; [[Reader Monad for Intensionality]]
+
+(8 Nov) Lecture notes for [[Week8]].
+
+>	Topics: Reader Monad for Jacobson's Variable-Free Semantics
 
-(1 Nov) Lecture notes for Week7; Assignment6.
+(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: Monads
+>	Topics: Mutable Variables; Passing by Reference; [[State Monad Tutorial]] (added recently)
 
+(22 Nov) Lecture notes for [[Week10]]
 
-[[Upcoming topics]]
+>	Topics: Calculator Improvements, including mutation
+
+(30 Nov) Lecture notes for [[Week11]]; [[Assignment8]].
+
+>	Topics: [[Tree and List Zippers]]; [[Coroutines and Aborts]]; [[From List Zippers to Continuations]]
+
+(6 Dec) Lecture notes for [[Week12]]; [[Assignment9]].
+
+>	Topics: [[List Monad as Continuation Monad]]; [[Manipulating Trees with Monads]] (updated); [[Monad Transformers]] (added recently)
+
+(13 Dec) Lecture notes for Week13; [[Assignment10]].
+
+>	Topics: [[CPS and Continuation Operators]]; Curry-Howard
 
 [[Advanced Topics]]
 
@@ -68,6 +101,8 @@ See [below](#installing) for how to get the programming languages running on you
 
 *	Links for help [[learning OCaml]]
 
+*	[[Translating between OCaml Scheme and Haskell]]
+
 
 ##[[Offsite Reading]]##
 
@@ -207,6 +242,14 @@ other.
 
 [[Family tree of functional programming languages]]
 
+[[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 ##