Quiz Stuff

Quiz 1; January 18; 3:30 minutes; one point per question

  1. In general, what does the semantics of a programming language specify?
  2. Name two decades and a programming language created in each.
  3. One building block of a programming language is its data types. Name another building block.
  4. Who founded the UA CS department and in what year?
  5. Ideally, what percentage of your classmates will get an "A" in this course?
EC ½ point: What are the first names of our two TAs?
EC ½ point: Where did the founder of UA CS work before coming to UA?