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Video Lecture (required)
This week's video complements the textbook sections 6.2 and 6.3. I briefly demonstrate what each of the concepts (variables and data types, control structures, procedures, etc.) look like in Python, and I explain some of the terminology in more detail. Be sure to run IDLE on your own computer and follow along! Here is the source code I used in my examples:
sec6.2.py
sec6.3.py
O'Reilly History of Programming Languages
Questions & Exercises
Some of these questions will be on the next quiz. Remember the answers are in the back of the book.
- Sec 6.1 : 1, 2
- Sec 6.2 : 2, 4
- Sec 6.3 : 1, 4
Additional Clips (recommended)
The last paragraph on Page 262 of the textbook tells a great story about Grace Hopper, "who is recognized as the developer of the first compiler." Here she is on the Late Show with David Letterman back in 1986. If nothing else, you should watch her clever explanation of a "nanosecond" at about 5:00 into the clip. The annual Celebration of Women in Computing conference is named in her honor.