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Introduction to
Computer Science 115
01/16/15
Introduction and Attendance
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Handout
Programming
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What is a computer program?
Instructions to the computer.
Programming Language
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What is a programming language?
Language used to write programs.
History of C
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Developed by Kenneth Thompson, Dennis Ritchie
and Brian Kernighan.
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Used to write Unix operating system
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Bell Labs
1970
Unix was precursor of Linux
Exciting to write an operating system in a language
other than Assembly Language
Named C because it was a version of B
Still important today for writing operating systems
and embedded systems.
Assignment
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Read pp. 3-23, 33-39, 41-64 of Bronson
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Read up to Printing Files in “A Guide for Linux ...”
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Link off my Computer Science 115 webpage off:
cs.boisestate.edu/~jjarboe
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Do lessons 1.1 to 4.1 of vimtutor
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You will need a login and password
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Use the vimtutor command
Enter and submit program 1
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See assignment on my website