Programming Languages

Announcements

• Problem set 2 is out and due September 24. See below.
• All the code used in the course is available. The code is written in Scheme+, which is MIT Scheme extended with datatype and pattern matching facilities.
• You can get MIT Scheme from Switzerland's MIT Scheme FTP site.

Course information

Course staff

• Instructor:
  Michael Ernst, NE43-524, mernst@lcs.mit.edu
• Teaching Assistant:
  Grant Wang, NE43-313, gjw@theory.lcs.mit.edu
• Administrative Assistant:
  Neena Lyall, NE43-523, lyall@lcs.mit.edu

Mailing lists

• Staff: 6.821-staff@psrg.lcs.mit.edu
• Staff & students: 6.821-forum@psrg.lcs.mit.edu

Lectures

• Days: Tuesday/Thursday
• Time: 1:00-2:30 pm
• Location: 4-159

Sections

• Days: Friday
• Time: 10:00-11:00 am
• Location: 37-212

Office hours

• Professor Ernst: By appointment
• Grant Wang: Wednesday, 10:00-11:00 am, NE43-313

Required material

• The course notes cost $20.27 and are only available in hardcopy; to get the first installment, pay the cashier's office (10-180) and take the receipt they give you to the EECS instrument room (38-501).

Midterm examination information

• Date: October 24
• Time: 1:00-2:30 pm
• Place:
• Problem sets: 1-5
• Readings: Chapters 1-11

Final examination information

• To be announced

Handouts

1. Tentative Schedule
2. Tentative Calendar
3. General Information
4. Lab notes
5. Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme

Assignments

• Problem Set 1
• Problem Set 2
• Problem Set 3
• Problem Set 4
• Problem Set 5
• Problem Set 6
• Problem Set 7
• Problem Set 8