Speaking about concepts perhaps Norvig post "(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (in Python))" http://norvig.com/lispy.html http://norvig.com/lispy.html can be

Speaking about concepts perhaps Norvig post "(How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (in Python))" http://norvig.com/lispy.html http://norvig.com/lispy.html can be useful. The concept of a dotted pair (the car and the cdr are interesting historical facts. I wish you the best for your presentation for the Mit class, it seems interesting but perhaps it should have a link to some standard techniques like machine learning. I am curious about the small projects, will they be available in the page of the course?