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What is the difference between an intepretted language and a compiled language?
What reasons might cause you to need to learn a new programming language?
Learn the basic syntax of a new programming language. Re-code one of the programs in this book in that language.
In the program you wrote in the question above, what specific things were automated in the programming language you chose?
Modify your program so that it runs 10,000 times in a row, both in assembly language and in your new language. Then run the time command to see which is faster. Which does come out ahead? Why do you think that is?
How does the programming language's input/output methods differ from that of the Linux system calls?
Having seen languages which have such brevity as Perl, why do you think this book started you with a language as verbose as assembly language?
How do you think high level languages have affected the process of programming?
Why do you think so many languages exist?
Learn two new high level languages. How do they differ from each other? How are they similar? What approach to problem-solving does each take?
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