Subject: Re: handouts & Gofer in Unix

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> 
> Hi Sir,
> 
> I tried Gofer in unix but gave a message saying no such command(meant no
> Gofer inside), 

Not yet installed.

> I also was trying to view one of the Handouts but it did not
> go, how can we do that, 

Print them out or use ghostview.

> I have noticed from the other lecturers that the
> assignment have been delayed to the week after because there is still
> problems with server, we are still going thru login:guest this means they
> are still working with the server.

There will be no extension for assignment 1

> There was a question in the handouts
> saying that any global variable can be changed from any location in the
> program(this is particularly true of languages like c &c++) why?.

Because of pointer arithmetic.

>  - Whenever I go inside Macgover and write an assignment statment, trying

There are no assignment statements in Gofer!

> div & mod operaters it gives me an syntax error.

To use them as infix operators use 'div' and 'mod'.
Or use them as prefix operators: div 10 5

/CC

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