CS 61A Lecture 1: Functional Programming I

CS 61A - Spring 08 - The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Instructor Brian Harvey

Introduction to programming and computer science. This course exposes students to techniques of abstraction at several levels: (a) within a programming language, using higher-order functions, manifest types, data-directed programming, and message-passing; (b) between programming languages, using functional and rule-based languages as examples. It also relates these techniques to the practical problems of implementation of languages and algorithms on a von Neumann machine. There are several significant programming projects, programmed in a dialect of the LISP language.

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[richardpfeynman]

One could gain a lot of information about the creation of the universe by carbon dating that computer.

[TeenTitansFreakFan]

Wow.. UCBerkeley has a lot of great lectures on programming...

[F3udF1st]

good lecturer, but scheme? haha

[Hickorychiclets]

I like this guy. Does anyone know if the lecture notes are available online?

[rfyl]

I took this course from Brian Harvey in 1989. He was one of the two best teachers I have ever had in my life, in any subject.

[frederikcreemers]

How can I dislike this course, the teacher is a beatles fan! (fool on the hill)

[mattiashowie]

I could listen to this man talk all day.

[cageybee777]

you guys claim that this is the best CS course in the world, but these playlists are terribly organized.