CSC 272-Software II : Principles of Programming Languages

Dr. R. M. Siegfried

Assignment #2 - P. 105-106/Problem Set 5, 6, 7,13

Due Monday, February 12, 2018

Problem Set 5

Which of the three original goals of the ALGOL design committee, in your opinion, was most difficult to achieve at that time?

Problem Set 6

Make an educated guess as to the most common syntax error in LISP programs.

Problem Set 7

LISP began as a pure functional languages but gradually acquired more and more imperative features. Why?

Problem Set 13

What is the primary reason why PL/I became more widely used than ALGOL 68?

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