Introduction

Ricky Alexander – 02PCT – 1601226610

I made this blof for Concepts of Progamming Language assignment, my lecturer is Mr. Tri Djoko Wahjono, Ir, M.Sc.

CHapter One : Review Questions

Review Questions

1. What progamming language has dominated scientific computing over the past 50 years?

   Answer: Fortran

2. What progamming language has dominated business applications over the past 50 years?

   Answer: COBOL

3. What progamming language has dominated artificial intelligence over the past 50 years?

   Answer: LISP

4. In what language is most of UNIX written?

   Answer: C languange

5. What is aliasing?

   Answer: a situation in which a data location in memory can be accessed through different symbolic names in the program

6. What are three fundamental features of an object-oriented-progamming language?

   Asnwer: encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism

7. What language was the first to support the three fundamental features of object-oriented-progamming?

   Answer:  Smalltalk 25

8. What is an example of two language design criteria that are in direct conflict with each other?

   Answer: Reliability and cost of execution

9. What are the three general methods of implementing a programming language?

   Answer: Compiled languages, pure interpretation, hybrid implementation systems

10. What is a hybrid implementation system?

    Answer:  a dynamic system that exhibits both continuous and discrete dynamic behavior