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digitalmars.D.announce - MOOC course on Programming Languages taught by Dan Grossman

reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
Dan Grossman, an exceptionally accomplished PL researcher from 
University of Washington, is teaching a MOOC on Coursera. The class 
starts on July 25 and is free unless you want accreditation. Highly 
recommended.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages


Andrei
Jul 12 2016
parent reply bachmeier <no spam.net> writes:
On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 20:47:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
 Dan Grossman, an exceptionally accomplished PL researcher from 
 University of Washington, is teaching a MOOC on Coursera. The 
 class starts on July 25 and is free unless you want 
 accreditation. Highly recommended.

 https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages


 Andrei
I took the first edition of this class, and it was the best MOOC I've taken (probably the only one for which I actually made it to the end). He is one of the few that does well with the format. Note the statement "with a strong emphasis on functional programming" - as I recall, it was mostly a functional programming class, as you'd expect when the first two languages are Standard ML and Racket. Highly recommended for anyone that wants to go reasonably deep into functional programming. It's definitely NOT a beginning programming course.
Jul 12 2016
parent Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 22:21:46 UTC, bachmeier wrote:

 I took the first edition of this class, and it was the best 
 MOOC I've taken (probably the only one for which I actually 
 made it to the end). He is one of the few that does well with 
 the format.
Ditto. It was a great class.
 Note the statement "with a strong emphasis on functional 
 programming" - as I recall, it was mostly a functional 
 programming class, as you'd expect when the first two languages 
 are Standard ML and Racket. Highly recommended for anyone that 
 wants to go reasonably deep into functional programming. It's 
 definitely NOT a beginning programming course.
The functional aspect was the reason I took it. It was fun playing around with ML and Racket and I got lot out of it.
Jul 12 2016