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Programming Languages – Application and Interpretation (2007)

jeffreyrogers 12y ago
Here's the rationale for writing this book: http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Papers/Published/sk-teach-pl-post-linnaean/paper.pdf http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Papers/Published/sk-tea... And here's the pdf: http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/book/book.pdf http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/book/book.pdf Looking at the table of contents, I like the ordering of the topics.
buckbova 12y ago
Still have this linked. Thought it'd be a fun way to learn Racket. One of those things I'll get to when I have time, which almost never happens. Always something more directly applicable to learn.
dmunoz 12y ago
I see why you might link to the page you did since it has some additional information, and even provides a link to the more recent edition, but be aware that this is an old version of PLAI that has been updated as recently as 2012 [0]. Furthermore, the cs173 class at Brown now uses a different book, Programming and Programming Languages [1], that was updated as recently as 2014. It's very much in the same spirit, but uses Pyret instead of plai-typed. Another thing to note is that cs173 had a MOOC-like online offering in 2012, and the videos are still available [2]. [0] http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/book/ http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/book/ [1] http://papl.cs.brown.edu/2014/ http://papl.cs.brown.edu/2014/ [2] http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/ http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/
- acqq 12y ago
  Thanks for mentioning Pyret, I've searched for it and it made me laugh discovering the extension of the files is .arr (some would say I'm really easily amused). An interesting language.
  - merlinsbrain 12y ago
    I've been watching the videos from 2012, and the professor sprinkles that humor throughout the lectures, and done well in that its not annoying (to me at least). Update: seems the author talks about Pyret/Racket in this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6702563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6702563

Here's the rationale for writing this book: http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Papers/Published/sk-teach-pl-post-linnaean/paper.pdf http://cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Papers/Published/sk-tea... And here's the pdf: http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/book/book.pdf http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/book/book.pdf Looking at the table of contents, I like the ordering of the topics.

buckbova 12y ago

Still have this linked. Thought it'd be a fun way to learn Racket. One of those things I'll get to when I have time, which almost never happens. Always something more directly applicable to learn.

dmunoz 12y ago

I see why you might link to the page you did since it has some additional information, and even provides a link to the more recent edition, but be aware that this is an old version of PLAI that has been updated as recently as 2012 [0]. Furthermore, the cs173 class at Brown now uses a different book, Programming and Programming Languages [1], that was updated as recently as 2014. It's very much in the same spirit, but uses Pyret instead of plai-typed. Another thing to note is that cs173 had a MOOC-like online offering in 2012, and the videos are still available [2]. [0] http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/book/ http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/book/ [1] http://papl.cs.brown.edu/2014/ http://papl.cs.brown.edu/2014/ [2] http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/ http://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2012/

acqq 12y ago
Thanks for mentioning Pyret, I've searched for it and it made me laugh discovering the extension of the files is .arr (some would say I'm really easily amused). An interesting language.
- merlinsbrain 12y ago
  I've been watching the videos from 2012, and the professor sprinkles that humor throughout the lectures, and done well in that its not annoying (to me at least). Update: seems the author talks about Pyret/Racket in this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6702563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6702563