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1. Why are you taking this course? (check all that apply)
    A. It is a compulsory course---no choice!				............
    B. Part of standard ACM/IEEEE/AGRE syllabus				.
    C. I'd like to know how languages are compiled or interpreted	...............
    D. I'd like to improve my programming skills			...........

2. If this course were an elective, would you enroll?
    YES									.............
    NO									....
    MAYBE/DEPENDS							....

3. Have you written more than toy programs in these languages?
   (check all that apply)
    Pascal								..................
    Lisp								
    Scheme								...................
    Java								...................
    Perl								....................
    Python
    C									..........
    C++									................
    Fortran								......

Clearly many are ashamed to know Fortran!  It's not that bad.

4. What's your most favorite language?  (check only one)
    Pascal								.
    Lisp
    Scheme								......
    Java								..
    Perl								......
    Python
    C									....
    C++									...
    Fortran

I was a bit surprised at how few like Java.

5. What criteria did you use?  (check all that apply)
    Ease of writing code, expressiveness of language			..............
    Clean and simple language specification				.........
    Ease of reading and maintaining code				...
    Language does not let you do things that can introduce bugs		.
    Efficient execution							.
    Automatic memory management						...
    Object orientation							..


Note: There were some unusual combinations of 4 and 5, like "my
favorite is Scheme because it gives efficient execution".


6. Are you familiar with the following terms in the PL context?
   (check all that apply)
    1 (lambda x ...)							................
    2 Pointer								.......................
    3 Typecasting							..............
    4 Scope								..................
    5 break goto continue						.....................
    6 setjmp longjmp
    7 Exceptions							.....................
    8 Stack								...............
    9 Recursion								.....................
   10 Garbage collection						.........
   11 Class object member method					.....................
   12 Subclass								....................
   13 Virtual or abstract method					..

Clearly the bottomers are setjmp/longjmp ("man setjmp" on linux),
garbage collection (who takes care of your missing "delete" in Java?)
and virtual methods.  Thanks.


7. Do you think one hour of self-study for one hour of class lecture is
   too much load given the number of credits in this course?
    YES
    NO

I said this question in an ambiguous way.  Please post/mail if you
WILL be willing to put in this self-study time regularly.


8. Write down in 1--2 sentences what you expect to achieve in this
   course by the end of the semester.

Sample answers:

increase understanding of pls
improve programming skills
learn how compilers and interpreters work
points for consideration while designing a language
learn how pls work from beneath