Module 1.4: Programming

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Programs

A set of structured activities. A tool for instructing machines. A notation for algorithms.

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Programming

The means to create these programs. The software that controls a machine, or the logic or expressed in such software; operating instructions.

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Programming Language

Formal notation for specifying instructions. Syntax (specified by context-free grammar). Semantics for each syntactic construct.

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Diverse Applications

No language is the best for everything.

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Diverse Programmers

No language can be best for everybody.

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Changing Problems

By applying computers in new areas, new problems arise

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Changing Computers

Hardware characteristics and tradeoffs happen.

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Murphy’s Law:

The number of transistors doubles every 2.5 years.

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Progress

We learn to better design and implement languages.