COMP 15 Introduction to Functional Programming http://www.cs.unc.edu/~prins/Classes/15/ Fall 1999 (Aug 18 - Dec 6) Lecture: MWF 10:00 - 10:50, SN 014 Jan Prins, SN 355, Tel: 962-1913, [email protected] Office hours: Mon 11:00 - 12:00, Thu 3:00 - 4:00 and by appt. Recitation 15-601:  Mon 2:00 - 2:50, SN 014 Recitation 15-602:  Mon 3:00 - 3:50, SN 014 Kok-Lim Low, SN 024, Tel: 962-1918, [email protected] Office hours: Wed 3:00 - 5:00 Secretary:  Madelyn Mann SN 318, Tel: 962-1922, [email protected]

Announcements

• Final exam scores and grades are posted outside my office and the TA's office. All graded assignment and exam scores can be checked, but you need your super-secret ID assigned on the first midterm exam to locate your scores. If you want to see your final exam, or if you have lost your super-secret ID, stop by my office.
• Solutions for sample exam problems available (see class materials below).
• Extra office hours on reading days: Wednesday Dec. 8: K.-L. Low 3 - 5 PM, Prins 3.30 - 5 PM. Thursday Dec. 9: Prins 3 - 5 PM.
• Program 6 submission times: Monday Dec. 6, 1 - 3.45 PM in SN355 (my office), and 5.15 - 6 PM in SN030 (usual place). Note no submissions 4 - 5 PM. Tuesday Dec. 7 submissions 4 - 6 PM in SN030, as advertised.
• Course Evaluations On Monday Dec. 6 (last day of class), you will be given a form to evaluate this class. If you wish, you can also make public (but anonymous) comments on the course through a web-based course evaluation. Note that this site can only be accessed from within campus. If you encounter problems using the web-based system, please contact Tanner Lovelace ([email protected] or 962-1880).
• The final exam for this course will be given Mon Dec 13, at 8:00 AM in SN014.
• Locations and opening times of ATN computer labs
• previous announcements

Reading Assignments

• (for Mon Nov 29) On To Java section 26 (pp 135 - 144) [reading input], sections 20 - 22 [boolean expressions and tests].
• (for Mon Nov 22) On To Java sections 29 - 30 (pp 163 - 176) [Vector and String classes].
• (for Fri Nov 19) On To Java section 23 (pp 115 - 122) [Loops], and sections 27 - 28 (pp 145 - 162) [arrays].
• (for Mon Nov 15) On To Java sections 8 - 14 (pp 41 - 74) [class and instance].
• (for Fri Nov 12) On To Java sections 4 - 7 (pp 21 - 40) [simple methods].
• (for Wed Nov 10) On To Java skim section 1, read sections 2 and 3 (pp 1-20) [Java mechanics and variables]. Note that we are using a different java programming environment than described in the text.
• (for Mon Nov 3) have a look at the Fran tutorial. You can try this out on your own machine (after loading, run main).
• (for Mon Nov 1) review Haskore handout and try out Haskore examples in sample script given in the Class Materials section.
• previous reading assignments

Written and Programming Assignments

• (Mon Nov 29) Programming assignment P6 due Tue Dec 7. Details of the assignment are here. This assignment requires an individualized effort; collaboration is not permitted. A skeleton VJ++ project for this assignment can be found in a zip file. (This file must be downloaded and unzipped into a new folder; VJ++ can be started from GuessGame.vjp in that folder. More details in the assignment).
• previous assignments

On-line Handouts

• Programming strategies (pdf)
• Course overview
• Honor Code for COMP 15
• previous handouts

Class Materials (some material restricted to UNC access)

• Lecture 44 (12/6): Solutions (pdf) for the sample final exam problems. Java source (zipped) for the sample solution.
• Lecture 32 (11/3): A rudimentary score construction program for use with some kinds of Haskore music. This includes the canon Frere Jacques for entertainment.
• Lecture 30 (10/29): Fran (Functional Reactive Animation System) can be used to concisely construct complex 2D and 3D computer animations using Haskell. Fran is part of the software distribution for this class and can be run from here on your own or an ATN machine (after loading, run main). For further background, consult the Fran tutorial.
• (for Mon Nov 3) have a look at the Fran tutorial.
• Lecture 28 (10/25): A script with some sample definitions for use with Haskore.
• Lecture 27 (10/22): A simple random number generator for use with programming assignment 4.
• Lecture 22/23 (10/11-13): A solution to the word index problem.
• Lecture 17/18 (9/27-10/1): Two versions of the words function.
• Lecture 11/12 (9/13-15): Development of the Haskell Stores program.
• Lecture 6 (8/30): Development of the maxCount program.
• Lecture 4 (8/25): Boolean functions and Guards.
• Lecture 3 (8/23): The Pictures.hs module for simple picture manipulation, and examples of its use.
• Lecture 2 (8/20): Introduction to Haskell program scripts.
• previous class materials

Reference Materials

• A high quality (but large) tutorial for the Java language is available from the original developers of the language at Sun.
• Haskore is a music composition and performance system written in Haskell by Paul Hudak at Yale University. There is an online tutorial for Haskore. A copy of this tutorial is included in your Haskell distribution and can be accessed on your own machine here.
• The Haskell language reference page, including a short introduction to the language and the longer and rather technical language definition.
• The reference page for the hugs implementation of the Haskell language.
• Home page for the Haskell textbook used in this course.

Software

• Hugs, a system to execute Haskell programs
• Gnu emacs, a text editor that may be used to prepare programs for execution by hugs

Documentation

Much of this documentation is also included in the docs directory of the hugs distribution, where it can be read without the need for internet access.