On-line Resources for CS109

Computing Concepts: Creative Machines?

Lee Spector

Files from class, etc.:

• Lee's Lisp Lectures
• Some code for simple color drawing in MCL: mcl-color-draw-3.lisp (new version, Oct 98).
• Code for simple color drawing in Allegro CL: cdrawem.lsp (by Adam Schwartz, version 2, includes line-drawing code).
• An example line-drawing program using mcl-color-draw-3.lisp: flight-sequence.lisp.
• WWW/JavaScript/Java/cgi examples:
  • JavaScript Examples
  • Simple Java Experiment
  • Example PERL cgi Script
• Materials from the class on Data Structures in Lisp.
• The file of ideas for projects from the 1996 version of CCS 109. Remember that the current course is different in several ways (for example, in 96 year we used C rather than Lisp).
• The string-to-list code developed in class in 1997.
• A simple Lisp utility for text-based menus.

An informal list of links that may be of interest to the class (e-mail me any additional links and I'll add them):

• Lisp Frequently Asked Questions
• C Frequently Asked Questions
• Digitool, Inc., makers of Macintosh Common Lisp (get Lisp for your Mac here)
• Franz, Inc., makers of Allegro Common Lisp (get Lisp for your PC here)
• The Lisp Resources Page of the UMass Experimental Knowledge Systems Laboratory
• Some MCL utilities available from Technoligor (including some contributions from Hampshire grad Adam Alpern).
• The Jargon File, a comprehensive compendium of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor.
• Links to web sites that (algorithmically) compose and play music.
• Al Biles's GenJam genetic algorithm/music project.
• Ellen Spertus's Women in Computing page.
• A brief guide to the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS).
• NCSA's HTML Primer