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16-08-2011 4:06pm#1Hey has anybody had the experience of doing predicate calculus and lambda calculus in Computer Science (Stage 3). What was it like? I had absolutely no love of calculus in LC Maths - please tell me it is at most a distant cousin (I'm hoping as it's not actually a maths module!)
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I just graduated from Comp Sci this year and for the guys looking for any books for program construction, I know that Henry (the Lecturer) recommended the book by Roland Backhouse.
Program Construction: http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470848820.html?0470848820=
Here is a little bit of material similar to that of the first year course as well which you may want to have a quick glance over: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/jeremy.gibbons/wg21/meeting58/backhouse-problems.pdf
As for Foundations of Computing, it is all about the logic of how computers compute certain things and whether it is even possible. it is quite a difficult module, but nothing compared to Compiler Construction in my opinion
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Oh there are other reasons I know, like when I was moving into second year I saw the new first year modules and was genuinely jealous, same with the new second year ones >_<
What was the OOP module like? Hoping we still get to do Ruby anyway!I just graduated from Comp Sci this year and for the guys looking for any books for program construction, I know that Henry (the Lecturer) recommended the book by Roland Backhouse.
Program Construction: http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470848820.html?0470848820=
Here is a little bit of material similar to that of the first year course as well which you may want to have a quick glance over: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/jeremy.gibbons/wg21/meeting58/backhouse-problems.pdf
As for Foundations of Computing, it is all about the logic of how computers compute certain things and whether it is even possible. it is quite a difficult module, but nothing compared to Compiler Construction in my opinion
Thank you!
I was looking forward to CC, anything I should make sure to be really comfortable with before I do it?0 -
Thank you!
I was looking forward to CC, anything I should make sure to be really comfortable with before I do it?
No problem
Funnily enough the stuff I think you need to be comfortable with is taught in the foundations of computing module :P
The main thing you will need to know about and understand are the different types of grammars. Some info here: http://www.antlr.org/wiki/display/ANTLR3/Quick+Starter+on+Parser+Grammars+-+No+Past+Experience+Required
I know that may look confusing to you now but bookmark it somewhere and come back to it in 2-3 months time and it should make a little more sense to you
For Foundations of Computing you will probably be using http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Automata-Theory-Languages-Computation/dp/0321514483/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313521028&sr=8-1 (Chris will be able to clarify as I had a different lecturer than him).
I'm sure you can find a pdf version of it somewhere so it might be worth having a flick through in advance 0 -
No problem
Funnily enough the stuff I think you need to be comfortable with is taught in the foundations of computing module :P
The main thing you will need to know about and understand are the different types of grammars. Some info here: http://www.antlr.org/wiki/display/ANTLR3/Quick+Starter+on+Parser+Grammars+-+No+Past+Experience+Required
I know that may look confusing to you now but bookmark it somewhere and come back to it in 2-3 months time and it should make a little more sense to you
For Foundations of Computing you will probably be using http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Automata-Theory-Languages-Computation/dp/0321514483/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313521028&sr=8-1 (Chris will be able to clarify as I had a different lecturer than him).
I'm sure you can find a pdf version of it somewhere so it might be worth having a flick through in advance
I was talking to the lecturer briefly and he mentioned that book.
Looks like 3rd year will be a fair jump in difficulty coupled with modules actually becoming interesting!0
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