CIS 352   —   SPRING 2009

Old News

• Homework 9 simplified!
  Look here.
  Posted: Sun Apr 12 23:55:52 EDT 2009

• No office hours on April 10
  I will be out of town.
  Posted: Thu Apr 9 10:04:45 EDT 2009

• Homework 9 is out
  See below.
  Posted: Tue Apr 7 15:20:30 EDT 2009

• Another online Scheme reference
  Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days by Dorai Sitaram.
  Posted: Tue Mar 31 14:55:49 EDT 2009

• Continuations and their applications
  The Wikipedia page on continuations is reasonable. In particular, check out some of the page's external links.
  Posted: Tue Mar 31 14:09:55 EDT 2009

• An alternative text for reference
  If you want to see the course material from a somewhat different point of view, take a look at Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation by Shriram Krishnamurthi.
  Posted: Thu Mar 19 15:37:09 EDT 2009

• Office Hours
  • I will have office hours today (Thursday, March 19) from 2:30pm to 4pm.
  • Phuong will have office hours Monday and Tuesday (March 23 and 24) from 3:30 to 4:30.
    
  • We will be back to normal office hours after that.
  Posted: Thu Mar 19 10:02:18 EDT 2009

• Adding extend-env* to environments.scm
  Be sure to change line 8 from

    (provide init-env empty-env extend-env apply-env)

  to

    (provide init-env empty-env extend-env extend-env* apply-env)

  
  Posted: Mon Mar 2 09:28:34 EST 2009

• Homework 6 updated
  There are a couple of changes. See below.
  Posted: Wed Feb 25 15:51:47 EST 2009

• Some tests for the cond problem
  Try these:

  ;; Homework 4, problem 2 tests
  (cond-1 "cond zero?(0)  ==> 1   zero?(17) ==> 2   end" 1)
  (cond-2 "cond zero?(17) ==> 1   zero?(0)  ==> 2   end" 2)
  (cond-3 "cond zero?(1)  ==> 1   zero?(2)  ==> 2   zero?(0) ==> 3   end" 3)
  (cond-4 "cond zero?(17) ==> 1   zero?(17) ==> 2   end" error)
  (cond-5 "cond end" error) 

  Posted: Wed Feb 11 11:56:13 EST 2009

• Another Change in TA Office Hours
  Phuong's office hours have changed to

  Wed 3.45-4.45 CST 3-177
  Thur 6.30-7.30 CST 3-177

  You may ask about homework problems during labs also.
  Posted: Sun Feb 1 22:12:43 EST 2009

• Exam 1
  The initial version of the scope and practice questions for Exam 1 are available below.
  Posted: Sat Feb 7 15:55:10 EST 2009

• Electronic submission of assignments.
  From Homework 3 onward, you will need to submit your programming homeworks electronically for grading.
  Here is the process.

  1. If you have more than one file to submit, bundle them into a zip or tar archive.

  2. Click on this electronic-submission link, and use your NetID and password for authorization.
     Important: Make sure you select CIS 352 as the course for which you're submitting.

  Paper and pen homeworks will still go in via the bin in CST 3-212.
  Posted: Wed Feb 4 15:48:34 EST 2009

• TA Office Hours
  Phuong's office hours have shifted to

  Wednesday 5:00-6:00 in CST 3-177
  Thursday 6:30-7:30 in CST 3-177

  You may ask about homework problems during labs also.
  Posted: Sun Feb 1 22:12:43 EST 2009

• Lab 4 (for the week of February 2)
  Be sure to read section 2.4 of EOPL before doing the lab.
  Posted: Sun Jan 25 15:54:02 EST 2009

• Typo fix on homework 2
  See the homework 2 writeup for details.
  Posted: Wed Jan 28 11:29:44 EST 2009

• A Scheme Cheat Sheet.
  This is quite clear and well-done, but be warned that there are some basics (e.g., map) it doesn't cover.
  Posted: Sat Jan 24 14:19:38 EST 2009

• TA Office Hours
  Phuong's office hours will be on Friday's from 10:35 to 12:05 in SciTech 3-177. You may ask about homework problems during labs also.
  Posted: Wed Jan 21 11:03:25 EST 2009

• Caveat lector.
  These pages are currently under construction. So expect lots of broken links and inaccuracies.
  Posted: Fri Dec 5 11:34:52 EST 2008
  
  
• C'est tout.