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Current Announcements NEW I have uploaded the grades (May 10, 11:35am): 2×(A+) and 6×A and 6×(A-) and 1×(B+) and 1×B and 1×(IN) = 17 grades. I have tested your C programs with two C compilers (Ubuntu Linux and Windows Ubuntu) on 4 data sets: data1, data2, data3, data1old. Please email me if you like me to explain your grade computation. The links here and in the syllabus to Python Lecture 7 and 8 and 9 point to the new lectures (provided by Mark) in scrollable html. The updated submission procedure: submit.html, which now makes uuencode optional and allows zip archiving. There are no examinations, and the programs are the sole parameter used to determine the course grade. Three fully functional programs will get you an A. In Spring 2011, Spring 2008, Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002, Fall 2000, Fall 1999 and Fall 1998 a similar course was given. NOTE: in 2011 coverage was switched from Java to Python, which is used extensively in the SAGE computer algebra platform. Mark Lavin, a former student who has extensive programming experience in Python, has agreed to teach the Python segment for a second time.

Old Announcements

• In the Python code examples, I have changed all the print ... to print(...) to be Python3 compliant.
• The links here and in the syllabus to Python Lecture 3 and 4 point to the new lectures (provided by Mark) in scrollable html.
• The highlighting of C++ template functions with highlight.js works correctly only if a template function is declared as

  template < typename T >
  ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const T& t) {out << static_cast<int>(t); return out;}
  

  but not when using class in place of typename for the category of the template parameter:

  template < class T >
  ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const T& t) {out << static_cast<int>(t); return out;}
  

• The 2018 Python project is posted: PythonProject/spring2018.py
• The links here and in the syllabus to Python Lecture 1 and 2 point to the new lectures (provided by Mark) in presentation html.
• I have, finally, added syntax highlighting to the C, C++ and Python program links using https://highlightjs.org/ and my highlight.cpp to produce the html pages.
• The unsynchronized printing (via <<) we saw in MultInher/multiple2.cpp is explained in a comment in the program.
• I have, finally, fixed the problems in multi_index.cpp when using a template operator+ for adding an integer to the bidirectional multiset< _Key >::iterator. The actual iterator type std::_Rb_tree_const_iterator< _Key > must be used in the template operator function definition.
• The deadline for the C programming project is extended to February 21, 23:59pm. In order not to incur the penalities stated on the syllabus, you must submit your files by deadline. However, submissions of bug fixes within the next week will not incur penalties.
• There is no class on Monday, February 12.
• The course is intended to cover three widely-used programming languages from a language semantics point-of-view, that is, covering most C and Python language constructs (all of C's memory model) and 75% of the C++ constructs (including C++ templates) with a smattering of the C/C++ standard libraries and selected Phython libraries (NumPy, SciPy). Modern program development techniques will be explained. The amount of material covered in class is quite large. On demand, I will cover less material at a slower pace, so that students with limited programming experience can benefit from it.

©2011, 2018 Erich Kaltofen.