Data Structures & Functional Programming | Cornell University CS 3110

Explore advanced programming paradigms, including functional and concurrent programming, with Cornell University's CS 3110 course. Develop elegant, efficient, and correct software designs.

Introduction

CS 3110 is the third programming course in the Computer Science curriculum, following CS 1110/1112 and CS 2110. The goal of the course is to help students become excellent programmers and software designers who can design and implement software that is elegant, efficient, and correct, and whose code can be maintained and reused.

Highlights

• Uses Objective Caml (OCaml), a modern functional programming language with advanced type and module systems
• Focuses on alternative programming paradigms, especially functional and concurrent programming
• Emphasizes reasoning about the correctness, space, and time of programs
• Provides a framework for ensuring code is modular, correct, re-usable, and elegant

Recommendation

This course is recommended for students who want to expand their programming skills beyond the object-oriented paradigm and gain experience with functional programming. It is particularly useful for students interested in software design, programming languages, and the theoretical foundations of computer science.