diff --git a/_posts/2020-01-10-plfa-as-a-notebook.md b/_posts/2020-01-10-plfa-as-a-notebook.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..40df4ca8 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-01-10-plfa-as-a-notebook.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +layout : post +title : "PLFA as a Notebook" +--- + +NextJournal has created [a notebook version of PLFA][NextJournal-PLFA], which lets you edit and run the code samples from the book online! + +The notebook is based on [PLFA version 19.08][PLFA-19.08], with some minor changes to adapt the contents to NextJournal. + +[PLFA-19.08]: https://plfa.github.io/19.08/ +[NextJournal-PLFA]: https://nextjournal.com/plfa/ToC diff --git a/_posts/2020-04-30-praise-for-plfa.md b/_posts/2020-04-30-praise-for-plfa.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8742b41e --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-04-30-praise-for-plfa.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +layout : post +title : "Praise for PLFA!" +--- + +[*Types and Semantics for Programming Languages*][TSPL-2019], the course we teach in Edinburgh, was shortlisted as an Outstanding Course by the [Edinburgh University Student Association][EUSA-2020] (Runner Up)! + +> “Types and Semantics for Programming Languages was the single best course I took throughout my time at the University of Edinburgh. Philip Wadler clearly poured his heart into teaching it, including writing a whole textbook including exercises specifically for the course.” + +> “One of the most inspiring courses. Philip designed a course that is both very theoretical and very practical.” + +[TSPL-2019]: https://plfa.github.io/20.07/TSPL/2019/ +[EUSA-2020]: https://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/representation/campaigns/teachingawards2020/ diff --git a/_posts/2020-06-23-talking-about-plfa.md b/_posts/2020-06-23-talking-about-plfa.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..05981110 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-06-23-talking-about-plfa.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- +layout : post +title : "Talking about PLFA…" +--- + +We published a paper about PLFA, which describes our experiences writing the book, and compares it to [Software Foundations][SF], at the [Brazilian Symposium on Formal Methods][SMBF] (SMBF), and published an extended version in the [Science of Computer Programming][SCP] (SCP). + +[SBMF]: https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/topics/agda.html#sbmf +[SCP]: https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/topics/agda.html#scp +[SF]: https://softwarefoundations.cis.upenn.edu/