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Lecture 1 | Programming Paradigms (Stanford)

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University lectures & coursesProgramming language designC, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages

What it is

The first lecture of Stanford's CS107 Programming Paradigms, taught by Jerry Cain, giving an overview of the course. The course goes from C and assembly through C++, concurrency, Scheme and Python.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters rate the whole playlist as high-quality, clear teaching that builds foundations from memory and machine instructions up to different paradigms.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “The presentation is clear and it simplifies in just the right places to give you the foundations.”

    Low-level view of memory and instructions, then paradigms in Scheme and Python.

    vlz, 2023-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've ever seen?”

  2. “that playlist is absolute gold.”

    High-quality long-form lecture series.

    killthebuddha, 2024-03 · Strong recommendation · in “2K earthquakes in 1 day off Canada coast”

  3. “It's a very small effort that will make it much easier for you to talk and understand tech people.”

    Intro programming lectures giving non-techies a grasp of coding.

    vibrunazo, 2011-06 · Recommendation · in “Please stop asking how to find a technical co-founder.”

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Topics: stanford cs107, jerry cain, c programming, assembly, scheme, python

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