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1. Briefly explain the main criteria in evaluating a programming language. Compare two programming languages of your choice based on these criteria.
2. Discuss three possible ways to classify programming languages into different classes. Explain what are the main functions of each of the classification methods.
3. Describe three perspectives/views on programming languages (i.e., user, designer, and implementer).
4. Find an article or a book chapter on the philosophy or principles of UNIX operating systems. Discuss two particular principles and explain their connections to programming languages.
5. Find a paper or a book on structured programming. Briefly describe the main ideas of structured programming. (Provide complete reference information of the paper or book.)
6. Read the paper:
Donald E. Knuth, Literate Programming.
Give a brief summary of "Literate Programming."
7. Describe influences of computer architectures and programming methodology on the development of programming languages.
8. Draw float charts of three basic control structures.
9. Draw a flowchart to find the maximum value and the minimum value of a list of N numbers, where N >= 1.
Identify the basic control blocks in your flowchart.
10. Draw a flowchart to find the maximum value and the minimum value of a list of positive numbers, where -1 indicates the end of the list.
Identify the basic control blocks in your flowchart.