Chris Pollett>Old Classes>CS170, Fall 1998>Hw1
Due at start of class, Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998. Read to page 80 in P&Z. Then do the following exercises from P&Z as well as the written exercise below:
p.31 #4. p.60 # 2,5,6. As programming languages evolve they often become bloated with features which are maintained only for backwards compatibility reasons. Choose a feature of the language you used for CS101 which you think is unneeded. Justify your claim in terms of the six attribute of a good programming language described on page 12 of P&Z.