CS61A: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Spring, 2008

Instructor: Brian Harvey

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2008-5-13
  • Final exam
    The final exam will be held on Friday, May 16 from 5-8pm in 2050 VLSB.

    The TAs will be holding extra office hours:
    • Yaping: Tuesday, 12-2pm and Thursday, 1-3pm in 751 Soda, Friday, 10am-?
    • Evan: Tuesday, 2-6pm in lab (C50 HFA)
    • Ramesh: Wednesday, 4-7pm in lab (C50 HFA)
    • Albert: Check website
2008-5-03
  • Bug in Berkeley Logo
    The version of Logo on the lab computers doesn't handle TEST/IFT/IFF in the global environment properly. In particular, the following test case should work, but doesn't: 
    ? test "true
? ift [print 7]
7
    The correct behavior (and what your interpreter should do) is to print 7.
2008-4-30
  • proj4b logistics
    proj4b is due on Monday, May 5. You can use the proj4a solutions if you want. The following TAs will be holding extra office hours this weekend:
    • Albert: Sunday, 1-3pm in lab (C50 HFA)
    • Evan and Ramesh: Sunday, 3-6pm in lab (C50 HFA)
2008-4-27
  • HW13 deadline extended to Tuesday, 04/29
    Since icluster1 is down, HW13 will be due on Tuesday. The project will still be due on Monday, 04/28.

  • MapReduce news
    MapReduce has now been upgraded. You can see the changes in the mapreduce information file.
    Unfortunately, you might see a significant slowdown in your MapReduce programs, since another class is also using the cluster (see the cluster information page for more info).
2008-4-23
  • MapReduce temporarily unavailable
    Due to factors beyond our control, icluster1 is temporarily down as of Wednesday at midnight. In the meantime, you can use local-mr (see below).
2008-4-22
  • MapReduce
    Information about how to use MapReduce can be found here. This includes how to log into icluster, which input files are available, and where to find the non-parallel version of MapReduce for local testing (to make sure your mapper and reducer are correct)
2008-4-21
  • Project 4a
    The first half of project 4 (proj4a) is due next Monday, 4/28. This project is for groups of 2! You should stay in your project 3 groups. If for some reason you do not have a partner, contact your TA ASAP.
2008-4-09
  • Midterm 3
    Midterm 3 will be held on Wednesday 4/16 in 1 Pimentel from 7-9pm.

    The TAs will be holding extra office hours:
    • Yaping: Sunday, 10am-12pm in lab (C50 HFA)
    • Albert: Sunday, 4:30-7pm in lab (C50 HFA)
    • Evan: Monday, 4-6pm in lab (C50 HFA)
    • Ramesh: Monday, 7-9pm in lab (C50 HFA)
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