Nachenberg's lectures are incredibly engaging!

Everybody loves Carey, and for very, very good reason.
- He's an amazing lecturer who genuinely cares about his students. He offers prizes to incentivize participation, and he has really iconic and funny slides that go over the material super well.
- You learn a lot in this class, including the intricacies of Python, Prolog, and Haskell, as well as the way programming languages work, like variable passing, lambda functions, garbage collection, and more. Although Eggert's version probably has a greater depth (since Eggert goes over Ocaml), Carey makes the material super understandable and interesting.
- His tests are extremely fair. Not too easy, but not too difficult either. You get adequate time to answer all questions, which are all FRQs. Some ask you to explain things, while others ask you to write code.
- The projects are super fun. You get to build an interpreter for a made-up language throughout the quarter. You get about two weeks for each project. Each project builds off the other, but don't worry if your implementation is bad, as they provide starters for each segment of the project. Projects are also autograded, so you can resubmit as many times as you want.
- Homeworks are graded on completion. In addition, they have optional questions, so you don't have to do every single question. They're good exam prep.
- You don't get egged in CS 131.