VA
Mar 18, 2018
This course (as Part A and C) is great - Dan is great in teaching and the content is perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about programming languages!
Warning - you might end up loving FP :)
AZ
Mar 23, 2018
Great course with really interesting and challenging assignments that allow to get more precise vision on programming languages (especially on PL's typing systems) and get experience with modern LISP
By Anas S
•May 10, 2023
Another Fantastic more of a journey than a course, from (in my opinion) one of the greatest teachers in th world. Thanks for everyone that helped letting this course come out to life. I shed tears (from happiness) when I finish every course taught by this teacher. It's an amazing experience.
By Renato P
•May 14, 2021
The second assignment is challenging but very interesting. The task is to implement an interpreter in Racket for a made-up programming language with features like anonymous functions and function closures. Dan Grossman is an excellent teacher as well. I can't recommend this course enough.
By Krishna A
•Jul 29, 2017
Excellent course, which continues where Part A left off. The use of Racket (dynamically typed) language, presents an interesting contrast with ML and drives home the point of some of the design decisions involved in language design. Thoroughly enjoyed implementing the sample interpreter.
By Pablo A
•Mar 11, 2019
Excellent intro to a Lisp and functional programming in a dynamically typed language. Very hard but rewarding homework. It is worth the effort in my opinion to make you a better programmer if you are already one or to train you right from the beginning if you are new to it.
By Jimmy C C
•Mar 16, 2020
I watch the video lectures as supplements for a course I am taking at my university, which happens to be based on this course. I feel compelled to say that this is one of the best courses I have ever taken and Dan Grossman is the best instructor I have ever had.
By Peilun D
•Jan 16, 2020
Very good course. It helps contrast dynamically typed language such as Racket and a statically typed language such as ML to help me better understand the tradeoffs in language designing. In this sense, it makes me a better programmer in other languages.
By Luiz C
•Jul 4, 2018
Fantastic course, a must for anyone serious or interested about programming. Challenging, but time really well spent: Course very well organized, quality videos by a very engaging professor, and very interesting with gradual complexity exercises
By Juliano P
•Jun 28, 2020
Great! A complement to Part A and it really uses things we've learned in Part A with the Standard ML language and does lots of comparisons, so you should probably take Part A if you have never used SML. Learned a lot with this course. Thanks!
By Andrey A
•Oct 26, 2024
This is a useful course for those who want to know more about basic concepts of programming languages. In my opinion, the course schedule is quite tight, and assignments take 2-4 times as long as an assignment estimation time.
By John S
•Sep 14, 2016
An absolutely high quality class. The instruction is superb, the assignment is on par with top programs at Stanford, MIT, and CMU. Dr. Grossman's lecture is just so clear and energetic that makes learning this hard topic fun.
By Lorenzo B
•Jul 2, 2020
I didn't terribly care about racket because of some previous common lisp/scheme experience; I wish the static/dynamic typing comparison had more space, but that's just because to ME that was the most interesting part.
By Anup P
•Dec 28, 2023
This feels like an awesome sequel to an already awesome part A - and again, not only in terms of structure and content but also in terms of quizzes, programming assignments and exams (practice and final).
By Vaidas A
•Mar 19, 2018
This course (as Part A and C) is great - Dan is great in teaching and the content is perfect for anyone who wants to learn more about programming languages!
Warning - you might end up loving FP :)
By Dmytro F
•Jan 29, 2023
Great course! I learned the Racket programming language and functional programming in general. I recommend it to everyone interested in programming. Assignments are interesting and fun.
By Jan H
•Dec 27, 2016
I took this course about 10 years off the college, and it was excellent refresher on the topics I don't use on a daily basis. Absolutely great lecturer, great videos and study materials!
By Jiangnan T
•Dec 2, 2021
Thanks for this wonderful course. What I learned through this course really made me a much more efficient programmer, and it helped me to grasp new programming language a lot faster.
By Yuji S
•Sep 25, 2016
Great course! Learned more about PL, what is interpreter/ compiler language, what is statically typed/ dynamically typed. The homework is very rewarding! Looking forward to Part C.
By David H
•Sep 28, 2021
Fantastic course on functional programming, programming languages, and type theory. Highly recommended. Dan is an amazing teacher and the course structure and pace is excellent.
By Sam S
•Apr 1, 2020
A strong follow-up to Part A. The second week's homework assignment is quite difficult, but very rewarding. This course has greatly helped shape my views on programming.
By Jose J
•Aug 16, 2020
Excelent course.! Wished contained more material. Also I think changing the editor from Emacs to Dr Racket was not really necessary... all in all excellent course!
By Jacob K
•Jul 5, 2018
Just as good as the first segment of the course. Learned a lot of good material about dynamically vs statically typed languages and how languages are interpreted.
By Pedro d S Q
•Aug 12, 2020
Very enjoyable course, follow-up to Part A. Building an interpreter really solidifies what we saw, a really nice exercise. I'll definitely move on to part C!
By Gabriel A S
•Jul 17, 2020
I'll learn many things in this course with the enthusiasm and hard work of a very knowledgeable professor on the field. Great course 10/10 would do it again.
By Kevin X
•Dec 17, 2016
This series is really the course you need to take if you feel not comfortable and want to know why(or describe the feelings) when you code in school or work.
By Paramjot S
•Oct 18, 2020
T
h
i
s
c
o
u
r
s
e
w
a
s
f
a
n
t
a
s
t
i
c
.
G
i
v
e
s a very good introduction to functional programming in dynamic language by focusing on the fundamentals. Highly recommended!!