Best CS class ever.
Good job. Professor Palsberg is DA MAN!
Dr. Palsberg was the best CS professor. He showed concern for the students and was available at all hours. Jens was the best fucking professor, and I hope I have him for some other class.
This course was, by far, the best CS course I have taken. Jens was able to explain difficult subject matter in a way easy to understand. The TA's actually knew something, unlike the cluefucks in previous courses. Jens is the best fucking CS prof. Give this man a raise.
Jens Palsberg was the best CS prof so far and CS 352 was the first
well-organized CS class I've taken. In fact I wrote him a haiku:
You are the coolest
Compilers are the coolest
Good Good, Good Good Good.
Even though my grade in this class is fairly low (average) I feel that I've learned so much this semester. I wish I could redo the early programs! I would not want to take this class without Palsberg teaching it.
<img src="javascript:window.open(http://mentor.cc.purdue.edu/ richarct)"> This class was the most organized CS class, I have been in.
Jens Palsberg is a name that to me is more than a name. Multiple pronunciations aside, I believe that Jens can only be translated one way - THE SHIS-NIT, THE MOTHERFUCKING BOMB, etc. Not many men can bring to the CS "table" what Jens Palsberg can. His incredible style is unmatched by any previous or future CS professor, including Monster Mav or Smooth Sammy Wagstaff. In closing, I would like to say that the CS 352 website was a remarkable one. Thank you for your time, and blessed be this man we call Jens. Good bless Denmark, and her true son, Jens Palsberg.
Dr. Palsberg is the freaking best professor in this school! I have never seen a professor care more about his students than Jens. My own mother shows less concern for my well being than Jens. The projects in this course were smoothly designed, quite possibly making this best CS class I have ever taken. Give this man a raise! He utterly destroys every other professor I've ever had.
It has been obvious that you and the TA's did a lot of work on the projects. They were well organized. The TA's were really great. They were always available to help us. They always answered questions promptly, even if there were a whole lot. The projects were reasonable, and clearly designed to help us understand the material. It as a hard course but it is probably the best I've taken so far. I'd never want to take this class with a different set of TA's and professor. Great job!
Professor Palsberg was an extremely good instructor for this course. From what I have heard from past compilers classes, this one seems to have been handled much better than the course has been in the past. The only bad thing about this course was the book. I particularly enjoyed spending a vast majority of my free time in computer labs, completely exiled from society. I think in future semesters, this class' work load should be increased ten fold.
You rock :-) The TA's and you both seemed very concerned that we learn the concepts. Rock on, homeslice :-)
The class lectures went by pretty fast; I think of the use of the overhead to go step by step with exercises and examples. The projects were very helpful and helped me understand the materials. I really enjoyed the projects. They were fun and challenging. You were very helpful in your office, but the lectures need to be more exciting. Everyone was sleeping and not really paying attention. I think the next time you should try to get more attention from the class. In my point of view, you just read the slides and didn't make sure we understood. On the other hand, when attending your office hours, you were very helpful and made sure we understood the material.
This is the best course I ever took at Purdue. The instructor is very good in the sense that he cares the student's learning, sets up a very good (best) TA team, and is very responsible. The TA's are the best I ever met. Very responsible and well prepared. The course materials are well prepared, well designed. The loads for course projects are reasonable; not too low and not too high either. The textbook is the worst I have ever used, despite some good chapters in it. Especially at the beginning of projects, where the textbook is supposed to serve as a good resource. This textbook is almost useless. I strongly suggest a change of the textbook! Overall, this course is excellent. I'm more than 100% satisfied.
All of the projects were reasonable, except for the first compiler project. It would help if we had some previous knowledge or more working experience with JTB and Javacc.
Pretty challenging class. I think I learned a lot. It may be more difficult than other CS courses, but it should be considering this subject is kind of core of computer science.
This class was definitely a challenge, but I feel like I learned a lot. Professor Palsberg was very helpful and very available to help students. Hi Mom!
The only thing negative I have to say is that the notes were hard to read at times; same w/ book didn't completely fit what we were doing. Professor Palsberg was a good and fair professor in my opinion.
Compilers are exciting! Especially after this course is in the past. Once I spend 3 hours reading 40 pages of MIPS code and comparing with the solution to find one little problem in the 38'th page. The course is very, very cool!
I enjoyed this course very much! However, a book (or notes) focused on our intermediate languages would have been helpful. Overall, I learned a great deal and would enjoy taking a course from you again!