[Agda] release schedule, coding suggestions, book

[Andreas Abel]

That is very good news!

Re 1.

A release schedule for Agda does not exist, but I am planning to release 
bug fixes for Agda-2.4.2 soon, hopefully before the end of this month.

Cheers,
Andreas

On 05.11.2014 18:56, Aaron Stump wrote:
> Hello, Agda community.  I am teaching a class on functional programming
> Spring 2015 using Agda (I did this Spring 2014, too).  I have a couple
> of questions you can probably help me with:
>
> 1. Are there any planned new releases of Agda between now and, say,
> mid-February?  I want to start the class off with the latest version of
> Agda, but since we will be bundling Windows MSI files for Agda, I need
> to plan ahead for what that release might be.  In general, is a planned
> release schedule posted somewhere on the Wiki?  I did not notice it in a
> quick inspection.
>
> 2. I am planning on turning the class into a lemma-proving factory. I
> have always dreamed of doing this, and the results were pretty good
> Spring '14.  Since we only care if lemmas type-check (unless time to
> type check becomes an issue), student solutions can be incorporated into
> a library without further scrutiny.  Do you have suggestions or requests
> for reasonably basic FP algorithms or building blocks we could prove
> properties of?  I will likely try to get inspiration from the Haskell
> Prelude, just as an example, but I thought I would ask.  I will be
> including whatever we develop as part of the "Iowa Agda Library", whose
> current version is available here:
>
> https://svn.divms.uiowa.edu/repos/clc/projects/agda/lib
>
> Username and password are both "guest" (without the quotes) if prompted.
>
> 3. I am also writing a book called "Verified Functional Programming in
> Agda".  I have a good bit more to go, but hope to be completing a draft
> by the end of Spring '15.  I am currently talking with publishers, and
> could publish with a company called Cognella, which focuses on niche
> textbooks.  I am curious if others might possibly be interested in using
> such a book for class.  The more copies I can assure the publisher would
> be sold, the lower the price I can negotiate.  The current draft --
> rather spotty currently -- is here
>
> https://svn.divms.uiowa.edu/repos/clc/projects/agda/book
>
> Again, username and password are guest if you are asked.  The focus is
> on basic verification methods for pure functional programs, rather than
> advanced Agda (which I do not know much of anyway).
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
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