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authoraarne <aarne@cs.chalmers.se>2007-09-12 12:05:19 +0000
committeraarne <aarne@cs.chalmers.se>2007-09-12 12:05:19 +0000
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@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ Autumn Term 2007.
=News=
+12/8 The course starts tomorrow at 8.00. A detailed plan for the day is
+right below. Don't forget to
+- join the mailing list (send a mail to ``gf-subscribe at gslt hum gu se``)
+- install GF on your laptops from [here ../download.html]
+- take with you a copy of the book (as sent to the mailing list yesterday)
+
+
31/8 Revised the description of the one- and five-point variants.
21/8 Course mailing list started.
@@ -31,6 +38,29 @@ The course will start on Thursday 13 September in Room C430 at the Humanities
Building of Gothenburg University ("Humanisten").
+=Plan=
+
+|| Time | Subject | Assignment ||
+| Thu 8.00-9.30 | Chapters 1-3 | Hello and Food in a new language |
+| Thu 10.00-11.30 | Chapter 4 | Foods in a new language |
+| Thu 13.00-14.30 | Chapter 5 | ExtFoods in a new language |
+| Thu 15.00-16.30 | Chapters 6-7 | straight code compiler |
+| Fri 8.00-9.30 | Chapters 8 | application in Haskell or Java |
+
+
+The structure of each lecture will be the following:
+- ca. 70h lecture, going through the book
+- ca. 20min work on computer, individually or in pairs
+
+
+In order for this to work out, it is important that enough many
+have a working GF installation, including the directory
+[``examples/tutorial`` ../examples/tutorial]. This directory is
+included in the Darcs version, as well as in the updated binary
+packages from 12 September.
+
+
+
=Purpose=
[GF http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/]
@@ -68,9 +98,12 @@ The first module goes through the basics of GF, including
- using embedded grammars as components of software systems
-The lectures follow the
-[GF Tutorial http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html].
-**There will be a new version of the Tutorial available around 10 September**.
+The lectures follow a draft of GF book. It contains a heavily updated
+version os the
+[GF Tutorial http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~aarne/GF/doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html];
+thus the on-line tutorial is not adequate for this course. To get the course
+book, join the course mailing list.
+
Those who just want to do the first module will write a simple application
as their course work during and after the first intensive week.