http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~leavens/COP4020/ News about COP 4020 at the University of Central Florida en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss leavens@eecs.ucf.edu (Gary T. Leavens) Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:52:00 EDT http://webcourses.ucf.edu https://webcourses.ucf.edu/webct/logon/757357153041 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:51:00 EDT Homework 1 is now available from webcourses. This homework relates to chapter 1 of the text, so you should read that before doing the homework. Home Page of COP 4020 http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~leavens/COP4020/running_oz.shtml http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~leavens/COP4020Fall08/running_oz.shtml Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:15:00 EDT The Running Oz page briefly describes how to run the Mozart/Oz system. It includes a troubleshooting section, and describes how to use Oz either from the school's Olympus system (olympus.eecs.ucf.edu) and how to install it on your own computer. If you have other problems with running Mozart/Oz, please let us know, and if you know what to tell someone to fix it, please tell us that too. Home Page of COP 4020 http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~leavens/COP4020/syllabus.shtml http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~leavens/COP4020Fall08/syllabus.shtml Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:52:00 EDT Please read the preface and chapter 1 of the textbook for Wednesday. If you have time you can also look at the Oz tutorial which is avilable from mozart-oz.org's documentation or the course resources page. Home Page of COP 4020 http://herbsutter.spaces.live.com/blog/cns/ http://herbsutter.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2D4327CC297151BB!785.entry Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:37:00 EDT You may have heard that the new version of C# has closures. Thanks to Brandon Haber for pointing out that the new C# standard will also have "lambda functions" (anonymous functions) and closures. See the link from this news item. Home Page of COP 4020 http://facebook.com/ http://facebook.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:25:00 EDT If you have an account at facebook.com (or are willing to sign up for one), please send Gary Leavens a friend request and mention "COP 4020". This will help Gary learn to associate your name and face. Gary's email is leavens@eecs.ucf.edu. Home Page of COP 4020 http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~leavens/COP4020/meeting-outlines/ http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~leavens/COP4020Fall08/meeting-outlines/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:53:00 EDT A set of "meeting outlines" will be available for each unit, before lectures start for that unit. These are designed for taking notes as they contain an outline plus much of what I'll put on the board, but minus all the really important bits. This may be helpful if you don't want to be distracted by copying things down, or if it helps you to focus on the important parts. However, I always update them as I prepare for lecture, and so don't print them out until the last minute. They are linked from the syllabus also, so if you want to get the meeting outlines for where we are in the syllabus, just click on the topic name in the syllabus. Home Page of COP 4020 http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:53:00 EST Here's an interesting essay by Paul Graham about the expressive power of Lisp and how it helped in a startup company. Home Page of COP 4020