This is an introduction to probabilistic programming for people from across the broad spectrum of backgrounds at the workshop, so it starts with the absolute basics. In particular, I find that most introductions to PPL are written for and by machine-learning and statistics experts. (Here's an exception from Michael Hicks at the Programming Languages Enthusiast blog.) I'm a programming-languages person, so these notes start from the opposite perspective.
This is an introduction to probabilistic programming for people from across the broad spectrum of backgrounds at the workshop, so it starts with the absolute basics. In particular, I find that most introductions to PPL are written for and by machine-learning and statistics experts. (Here's an exception from Michael Hicks at the Programming Languages Enthusiast blog.) I'm a programming-languages person, so these notes start from the opposite perspective.
The mentioned "exception" by Michael Hicks: What is Probabilistic Programming? - http://www.pl-enthusiast.net/2014/09/08/probabilistic-progra...