Information, Data, and Structural Processing

• Computer Programs, Information, Data
• Numbers, Expressions, Simple Programs
  • Numbers and Arithmetic
  • Variables and Programs
  • Errors
  • Word Problems
  • Designing Programs
  • Composing and Reusing Programs
• Conditional Expressions and Programs
  • Booleans and Relations
  • Programs that Test Claims
  • Conditionals and Conditional Programs
  • Designing Conditional Programs
• Symbolic Information
• Compound Data: Lists of Fixed Length
  • Lists
  • Constructors and Selectors
  • Designing Programs for Compound Data
  • Extended Exercise: Playing Ping-Pong
• Varieties of Data
  • Mixing Different Forms of Data, Predicates
  • Designing Programs for Mixed Data
  • Tagged Lists
  • Input Errors
• Syntax and Semantics
  • The Scheme Vocabulary
  • The Scheme Grammar
  • Grammatical Terminology
  • The Meaning of Scheme
  • Errors
  • Variable Definitions
• Intermezzo 1: Structures
  • Syntax of define-struct
  • Semantics of define-struct
  • Pragmatics of define-struct