do we have to know functional and logic languages listed in the syllibus. For Evo opt (1 Viewer)

[iptteacherssuck]

do we?
cuz if we are..im fucked..

i don't know LIST, ALP and other listed languages..
!

 

[SamD]

Absolutely you do. Particular languages are not so vital, but an understanding of the paradigms is defintely needed. Each of the three paradigms (functional, logic and OO) make up about one third of the option topic each.

 

[hurrotisrobbo]

I, umm... Thought one didn't have to know how to program in each one - just know the names and what generation they belong to.

We seemed to have to know Pascal last year, mind.

 

[SamD]

If you look at the syllabus you'll find the different generations are not even in the syllabus. The Evo option is all about programming paradigms and, paradoxically, has little to do with the evolution of progamming languages.

Which text are you using? (Obviously not mine!)

 

[iptteacherssuck]

Well, Im just worried because in this yrs catholic (or last yrs) there was a Q that had a module written in LIST or ALP and made you look for logic error. Also, they made you write another module in LIST or ALP...

Freaked me out!

 

[iptteacherssuck]

I'm using

Carole Wilson's...it's pretty good actually... I havn't seen yours though...couldn't find it at dymocks

 

[SamD]

We don't sell to Dymocks, they wanted a ludicrous discount and then they sell for more than the RRP.

You can get some free sample chapters from our website www.pedc.com.au

 

[iptteacherssuck]

so...
do we have to know the languages itself ? like LISP and ALP ? like know how to program them and debug them ?

 

[iptteacherssuck]

DAMN

evolution chapter is not on as a sample chapter!

 

[user]

Bits of Prolog, APL, Haskell and Lisp was in Sam's textbook for the logic paradigm

Prolog
that's the whole

eat(dog,cat).

stuff. That one's a fact that means that a dog can eat a cat. The "eat" bit doesn't really mean anything. I think it's like just a name or something.

A rule would be like
eat(A,C):-eat(A,B),eat(B,C).
which means that A can eat C if A can eat B and B can eat C


Lisp
Reverse polish or dutch or something notation
the thing with heaps of brackets

and where the operation sign comes before the numbers

 

[del]

Have a squiz at Dr Scheme.... it's sorta LISP like

 

[iptteacherssuck]

I know what each of them look like... but if they ask me to write in one of them then...phew...im screwed...

 

[del]

if they ask you to write, it'll be pretty generic....

have u had a look at Q24 iii) in the speciman?
if you can follow that... you should be cool with it