Introduction to Programming and Algorithms - COMP1100
Semester 1, 2009
Haskell Resources
Basic references
The biggest collection of Haskell-related material.
More advanced references
- Haskell
Hierarchical Libraries
- The
GHC user guide
- The Haskell 98 Report
- If you can get past the name, Learn You a Haskell for Great
Good! is a beginners guide to Haskell, aimed at people who have
experience in imperative programming languages but haven't
programmed in a functional language before. Be aware that the
content, emphasis and approach may be different from COMP1100.
- Real World
Haskell. COMP1100 uses Haskell to introduce basic programming
concepts - it is not a course in Haskell programming per se.
If you want to get an idea of real Haskell programming,
take a look at this very advanced reference.
The ANUPlot Graphics Library
If the library is required for an assignment or practical class, it
will be provided directly. If you want to try it out for youself,
you can get it here:
Download the
library, documentation, and some example programs.
GHC on your own computer
To get Haskell on your home computer, you can download the (Glorious)
Glasgow Haskell Compiler from
the GHC web site. GHC 6.10 is
the latest release version. Last time I checked our local
installation was version 6.8.
To save bandwidth (and your download quota), we have a couple of
packages available here. Burn to CD and take it away.
- Mac OS 10.5 Leopard
package. The installer expects XCode 3.0 to be already
installed, which you'll find on the Leopard installation DVD or at
the Apple website.
- MS Windows
installer. Here are some suggestions for working
with GHC under MS Windows which are not necessarily
up to date.
- If you're running Ubuntu on your home machine (as we do in our
student laboratories), you can download and install GHC using the
Synaptics installer which is a standard part of
Ubuntu.
- For other platforms, look around the GHC website. Thrill-seekers
may find other tasty morsels at
http://haskell.org/.
Editors
- For Mac OS X users, there is an Aqua Emacs Package available
from Aquamacs or here.
If you are a Mac OS X user and have any other editor recommendations
(preferably free) please post to the COMP1100 Discussion Forum.
- In case it's not pre-installed, here is a Haskell mode for
emacs: syntax highlighting, type hints, and more.
- MS Windows users, please don't use
notepad.
Notepad++ is free
and has nice syntax highlighting and colouring for lots of languages
including Haskell. An alternative is the Crimson Editor but past
students have recommended Notepad++.
Linux
If you would like to install Linux on your own machine, you can save
bandwidth by burning a local copy to CD. To burn a 8.10 (Intrepid)
KUbuntu CD on the DCS Student system do the following:
- Open an terminal (Kterm, Xterm, etc)
cd /scratch
wget
http://mirror.linux.org.au/ubuntu-releases/kubuntu/8.10/kubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
(The mirror has all the releases browsing around http://mirror.linux.org.au/ubuntu-releases/ should let anyone
find them all.)
- Put a blank CD in the drive on the machine.
- Type
cdrecord -v -data -dao speed=24
kubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
- Take it away.
If you discover any resources (references, examples,
editors, tools, ...) that you think your classmates may find useful
or interesting, please share by posting to the COMP1100 Discussion
Forum.
