CSE 413, Spring 2026

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Links

Just for fun

99 Bottles of Beer: Programs written in over 1000 different languages to produce the classic song as output.
Coder vs Cannibal Quiz: Can you spot the inventors of programming languages versus the serial killers?
Hello World Collection: Who knew you could write the classic program in so many different languages?
Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia is an excellent source of information about programming languages.
History of Programming Languages Poster: This is a great visual timeline of programming languages and their influences. I have this on the wall in my office.
Computer Language Benchmark Game: This page compares the performance of many popular programming languages on a wide variety of benchmarks. It includes all of the languages we will be studying.
TIOBE Index: The TIOBE Programming Community index is an indicator of the popularity of programming languages.
Stack Overflow Survey: Another survey of the popularity of programming languages.
Why OCaml video of Yaron Minsky explaining why he convinced Jane Street to do most of their programming in OCaml.
Lisp Quotes collected by software developer Paul Graham.
Eary History of Smalltalk, a deeply influential paper by Alan Kay.

Computer Science Major:

University of Washington - Why Choose CSE?
Schedule of information sessions for those interested in majoring in CS
How to meet with a CS undergraduate advisor
nonmajors courses offered by CSE (see especially CSE373 and CSE374)
Computing Community (the main CSE student organization)
Women in Computing (focuses on diversity and women's issues in computing)