Status check!

[elz]

I'm planning to post lecture 4 today, but I also thought maybe we could do some brainstorming. How are you doing so far? Finding anything confusing or the pace too fast? Would it be helpful to have some simpler, less MIT-ish problems to warm up with? A weekly chat option to go over things or watch the lectures? Partners to work on the problem sets with?

Fire away with any ideas and suggestions!

Comments

[yhlee]

I'm behind (still stuck on the same problem in PS2) but that's because I had to deal with some Festivids administrivia. I think I'll be able to catch up.

I think less MIT-ish problems would be a wonderful idea. I'm not bothered by the math--I got my bachelor's in math--but if the intent is to learn the language and CS concepts moreso than math per se, then it would be great to have that as an alternative.

Also, if anyone has math-specific questions, I'll try to remember to keep an eye on comments, and maybe I can offer some help for those who would like pointers. Like, the thing with the logarithms doesn't actually require that you know what a logarithm is in order to code the solution, but I can definitely see how it would intimidate people who haven't seen logarithms in a while.

I don't know how you'd handle the logistics, but I'd love to have a study partner for the problem sets. I find coding much more fun when I can do it with someone to brainstorm with.

[yhlee]

YAY I JUST DEBUGGED PS2 Problem 3. It was an embarrassingly silly error. Onwards!