450 ch. 2 quiz

Question 1

still popular today for scientific applications that require extensive mathematical computations

Answer 1

Fortran

Question 2

highly optimizing compilers

Answer 2

Fortran

Question 3

types & storage of all variables fixed before runtime

Answer 3

Fortran

Question 4

dramatically changed way computers are used

Answer 4

Fortran

Question 5

AI

Answer 5

LISP

Question 6

two data types: atoms & lists

Answer 6

LISP

Question 7

pioneered functional programming

Answer 7

LISP

Question 8

syntax based on lambda calculus

Answer 8

LISP

Question 9

all subsequent imperative languages based on it

Answer 9

ALGOL

Question 10

first machine independent language

Answer 10

ALGOL

Question 11

first language with formally defined syntax

Answer 11

ALGOL

Question 12

first language required by DoD

Answer 12

COBOL

Question 13

still most widely used business applications language

Answer 13

COBOL

Question 14

easy to learn for non-science students

Answer 14

Basic

Question 15

user time more important than computer time

Answer 15

Basic

Question 16

language to do both scientific and business

Answer 16

PL/I

Question 17

first pointer

Answer 17

PL/I

Question 18

first array cross sections

Answer 18

PL/I

Question 19

first unit-level concurrency

Answer 19

PL/I

Question 20

first exception handling

Answer 20

PL/I

Question 21

dynamic languages

Answer 21

APL & SNOBOL

Question 22

still used for certain text processing tasks & string manipulation

Answer 22

SNOBOL

Question 23

data abstraction

Answer 23

SIMULA 67

Question 24

classes, objects, inheritance

Answer 24

SIMULA 67

Question 25

orthogonal design

Answer 25

ALGOL 68

Question 26

designed for teaching structured programming

Answer 26

Pascal

Question 27

systems programming

Answer 27

C

Question 28

powerful operators but poor type checking

Answer 28

C

Question 29

based on formal logic; non-procedural

Answer 29

PROLOG

Question 30

intelligent database system with inferencing process

Answer 30

PROLOG

Question 31

largest design effort

Answer 31

Ada

Question 32

DoD (but not first)

Answer 32

Ada

Question 33

teaching programming to children

Answer 33

Smalltalk

Question 34

first full OO language

Answer 34

Smalltalk

Question 35

OOP and procedural programming

Answer 35

C++

Question 36

libraries, portable

Answer 36

Java

Question 37

Web programming

Answer 37

Java

Question 38

use increased faster than any other PL

Answer 38

Java

Question 39

.NET

Answer 39

C#

Question 40

CGI

Answer 40

Perl

Question 41

client side, purely interpreted

Answer 41

JavaScript

Question 42

server side, purely interpreted

Answer 42

PHP

Question 43

OO interpreted, general purpose

Answer 43

Python

Question 44

pure OO, purely interpreted

Answer 44

Ruby

Question 45

purely interpreted Web languages

Answer 45

JavaScript, PHP, Ruby

Question 46

promoted OOP and GUI

Answer 46

Smalltalk