CS61a - Adios

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CS61a SICPLecture 8.2.2Adios
2005-08-11Kurt Meinz inst.eecs.berkeley.edu
/cs61a
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Outline

• Administrivia
• Join Us!
• What is this good for?

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Administrivia

• Jeff says
• Final is Evaluator and tree heavy
• Implies most other topics.
• Email me for office hours, more face2face for
  7-2.
• Class accounts will be open Cardkeys will expire
  on the 12th (??) gt well put something on the
  webpage

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Join the Dark Side!

• If you did well in 61a (A- or above) and want to
  be on the staff?

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Join the Dark Side!

• If you did well in 61a (A- or above) and want to
  be on the staff?
• Dont actually know something until you can
  answer questions about it!
• Usual path Lab assistant ?Reader ? TA
• Fill in form outside 367 Soda before first week
  of semester
• If you did well in this course, Ill write you a
  super recommendation

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Course Overview
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What is this good for?

• CS 61b
• Data Structures
• Uses (and expands upon) Object Oriented, DDP,
  Trees.

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What is this good for?

• CS 61c
• Machine Structures
• Shows you how much of 61a (and b) is done at the
  hardware level.
• Uses frames (implemented in hardware), logic.

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What is this good for?

• CS 162
• Compilers
• Uses object oriented, DDP, evaluators, scoping,
  logic, trees(!),

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What is this good for?

• CS 170/2/4
• Algorithms
• Proving all the things Ive hinted at (lambda is
  all you need, etc)
• Expands on logic, proofs

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What is this good for?

• CS 186
• Databases
• A simplified logic language optimized for
  efficiency.
• Expands on logic

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What is this good for?

• But More Generally
• Unique 61a skills
• The search for elegance
• The importance of tools
• Problem abstraction
• Simplification/Decomposition (One step at a time)
• Deep logic

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What is this good for?

• Why did we work you so hard?
• Show you that computer science is not computer
  engineering!
• One of the few courses (and only lower division
  cs) that will flex your mind
• Project classes gt busywork/debugging
• Topic classes gt in-depth, but limited
• So I can give you good grades!

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What is this good for?

• Why did we work you so hard?
• All your courses from here on out will be easy
• More time
• But less thought.
• Every one of you is MUCH smarter!

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Last Slide Ever

• Thank You and See You Around
• (Stay in Touch)