A Language for an Assignment
Series status: Suspended
First post in 2019, last post in 2020
In this series, I create a brand new programming language for each homework assignment of my algorithms class. I try to make the language whimsical and specialized to only the problem at hand. The languages are implemented using Haskell, and translate to Python.
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A Language for an Assignment - Homework 1
3918 words, about 19 minutes to read.
On a rainy Oregon day, I was walking between classes with a group of friends. We were discussing the various ways to obfuscate solutions to the weekly homework assignments in our Algorithms course: replace every if with a ternary expression, use single variable names, put everything on one line. . . .
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A Language for an Assignment - Homework 2
1932 words, about 10 minutes to read.
After the madness of the language for homework 1, the solution to the second homework offers a moment of respite. Let’s get right into the problems, shall we? . . .
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A Language for an Assignment - Homework 3
4155 words, about 20 minutes to read.
It rained in Sunriver on New Year’s Eve, and it continued to rain for the next couple of days. So, instead of going skiing as planned, to the dismay of my family and friends, I spent the majority of those days working on the third language for homework 3. . . .