PL1 - Ch1

In the context of a programming language, typically assembly/machine languages lack ___ in that each operation does something relatively simple, which is why a single instruction in a high-level language could translate into several instructions in assembly language.

• Audibility

• Fandom

• Expressibility

• Visuality

In the context of a programming language, this is a measure of how easily a language can be used to develop programs for a chosen problem domain.

• Portability

• Executable

• Writeability

• Orthogonality

In the context of a programming language, a language that allows you to express computations/algorithms very concisely (such as APL, with its collection of powerful array and matrix operators) also tends to be difficult to read.

• Feature multiplicity

• Expressibility

• Writability vs Readability

• Non-orthogonality

In the context of a programming language, functional languages tend to be very ____, in part because functions are "first-class" entities which can be passed as parameters.

• Obscure

• Expressibile

• Ambiguous

• Inefficient

In the context of a programming language for its cost, which of the following is not one of

the primary concerns?

• The cost of memory allocation is irrelevant.

• Performance optimization is not a concern.

• Array index can or should begin with 0 or 1, or any number.

• Code readability is the only concern.

orthogonal

• In the context of a programming language, a set of features/constructs is said to be

  _____ if those features can be used freely in combination with each other.

• In the context of a programming language, an examples of ____ in C is a function can

  return a value of any type, except for an array type or a function type.

• In the context of a programming language, this is a measure of how easily a language

  can be used to develop programs for a chosen problem domain.

• In the context of a programming language, functional languages tend to be very ____,

  in part because functions are "first-class" entities which can be passed as parameters.

Reliability

• In the context of a programming language, this refers to the ease with which

  programs (in the language under consideration) can be understood. This is especially

  important for software maintenance.

• In the context of a programming language, this is a measure of how easily a language

  can be used to develop programs for a chosen problem domain.

• In the context of a programming language, ___ is the property of performing to

  specifications under all conditions.

• In the context of a programming language, this is the ease with which programs that

  work on one platform can be modified to work on another. This is strongly influenced

  by to what degree a language is standardized.

In the context of a programming language, this refers to the ease with which programs (in

the language under consideration) can be understood. This is especially important for

software maintenance.

• Fluency

• Readability

• Legibility

• Portability

In the context of a programming language, this is about the existence of multiple ways of

doing the same operation. Examples: incrementing a variable in C-based syntax, looping

constructs (while, do while, for), Java's conditional ternary operator (?:).

• Portability

• Feature Multiplicity

• Orthogonality

• Expressivity

In the context of a programming language, this is the ease with which programs that work on one platform can be modified to work on another. This is strongly influenced by to what degree a language is standardized.

• Portability

• Efficiency

• Accessibility

• Reliability