Fundamentals of Computer Science

CS 2500, Spring 2014

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Required Reading

Felleisen, Findler, Flatt, Krishnamurthi How to Design Programs, Second Edition 2011

The course will primarily follow this draft of the second edition of the text book. Both texts focus on the same design principles for small pieces of software; the details differ significantly. Since the draft provides only parts I through IV, the course will switch to the first edition for parts V and VI.

Felleisen, Findler, Flatt, Krishnamurthi How to Design Programs, First Edition MIT Press, 2001

The first edition of the text book is the official text book for the course. But almost all exercise material will come from the draft book. There is no need to read this book in detail but doing so will give you a second perspective and its exercises may help improve your understanding of the material.



Recommended Readings

Bice, DeMaio, Florence, Lin, Lindeman, Nussbaum, Peterson, Plessner, Van Horn, Felleisen, Barski Realm of Racket No Starch Press. 2013.

Realm is a non-text book that bridges the gap between the programming languages used in this course and Racket programming. The course projects may borrow material from Realm but there is no need for you to buy this book.