Overview of Computing Languages

(2002 Workshop Notes –updated material available on our website by May 2003.)

Workshop Details
Workshop Slides	Sample Programs

Workshop Slides

The Powerpoint slides used by Tony Sloane at the Macquarie workshop in 2002.

Access folder: wshop:slides

1. Introduction	4. Object Oriented
2. History	5. Logic
3. Imperative	6. Functional

Online Book: How to think like a Computer Scientist

An introductory programming text with versions in Java, C++ and Python. It covers a the basics of programming with some chapters on issues associated with the object oriented approach.
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCS.php
(provided by Sarah Kummerfeld)

The software provided in this workshop can be found in the Programming section of the Free Software page.

Sample Programs

Some programs contributed by workshop participants.

Access folder: free_software/Software

BANK: A Java bank account example
Atm.java
BankAccount.java
KeyboardReader.java
(contributed by Joseph King)

FAMILY: A simple family tree program in Prolog
family.swi
(contributed by Joseph King)

PUZZLES: Some logic puzzles coded in Prolog
agestory.puz
agestory.swi
dwarfs.puz
dwarfs.swi
(contributed by Sharon Douglass)

MATH: Some mathematical and list Scheme functions
maths.scm
(contributed by Sharon Douglass)

Tony Sloane
asloane@ics.mq.edu.au
April 16, 2002

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