Programming Reading Assignment

Javascript Programming
#2756

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#2757

  1. A program is a set of rules and actions that are interpreted by a computer to realize complex tasks familiar to the human experience. Programs give life to computations.

  2. Programs can fall on their own complex weight, a good programmer finds simplicity through complexity.

  3. Programming languages give programmers the necessary building blocks to give actions to computers.

  4. There are no relationship between Java and Javascript other than Javascript piggy backing on Java as a marketing ploy.

5.ECMAScript and Javascript are the same language but the name.

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#2758

  1. What is a program?
    A program is a set of coded instructions to execute a particular set of rules or actions.

  2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
    You can make a program as simple or as complex as you want. However, the more complex the program, the higher the probability of committing errors in the syntax.

  3. What function do programming languages have?
    You can perform mathematical and logical operations. For instance, you can add numbers, or perform repetitive instructions (i.e. loops) until certain conditions are met.

  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
    Only the name.

  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
    It is a different nomenclature for the same programming language.

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#2759
  1. Program is a set of instructions telling computer what to do.
  2. Program without contorl grow complex and unreadable. Complexity should be minimzed as possible. Program should be simple and user friendly. Just how my answers are :smiley:
  3. Communication between human and computer
  4. No relationship
  5. Another name of JavaScritp
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#2760

1.a set of procise instructions telling a computer what to do.
2. programming essentially is like a maze that you yourself can get lost in. but its also simple in a way. the way I see it is its hard to jump into but easy to maintain once your comfortable.
3. essentially its a set of instructions given to the computer that can be written in many different ways.
4.nothing really besides the name is similar.
5. they are the same language but ecma script is ecma international organization that did the standardization.

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#2761
  1. a set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do. piece of text typed by a programmer, it is the directing force that makes the computer do what it does, it is data in the computer’s memory, yet it controls the actions performed on this same memory.
  2. it can grow out of control very easily. the art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity. some programmsrs think it is best to use a small set of well understoond techniques in their program to manage the complexity of their program.
  3. a good programming language helps the programmer by allowing them to talk about the actions that the computer has to perform on a higher level. it helps to omit details, provides convenient building blocks, allows to define your own building blocks, and makes those blocks easy to compose.
  4. there is no relationship between the two
  5. ECMAScript is the standard so that every software is talking about the same language. they are two names for the same language.
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#2762
  1. A set of instructions for a computer to do something
  2. It can grow quickly if you don’t keep things contained, and can cause problems or make things hard to understand and go back on.
  3. To allow both the computer and programmer to understand what’s going on between each other.
  4. None.
    5.It is the same, a standardization of the language.
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#2763
  1. A program is a tool used by a programmer to communicate to a computer.
  2. Coding can become complex when the commands you give the computer are not understood correctly, from there things can pile up quickly and become complex, so much that even the person who created the project wouldn’t understand it.
  3. Programming languages are used to communicate to computers.
  4. There is not any common similarities between Java and JavaScript, other then they share a similar name.
  5. EMCAscript is a standard used in coding languages and JavaScript follows it.
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#2764

  1. What is a program?
    A precise set of instruction telling computer what to do

  2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
    Keeping things as simple as possible for different tasks might be difficult. Especially for more complex programs.

  3. What function do programming languages have?
    Communicating with computer in different ways.

  4. What is the relationship between Java and JavaScript?
    Java was gaining popularity before JavaScript. The name was inspired by marketing considerations. Languages have almost nothing to do with eachother.

  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to JavaScript?
    ECMAScript is a standard that JavaScript follows.

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#2765
  1. What is a program? - It is a set of instructions for a computer to follow.
  2. What can you say about complexity in programming? - Complexity is the nature of programming and limiting it as much as possible is a challenge for all programmers.
  3. What function do programming languages have? - They create the method for humans to interact with computers.
  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript? - Marketing and branding .They have no relationship.
  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript? - They are one in the same.
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#2766

You could say that a “Program” could be the process of building a thought. But you must keep at hand the necessity of maintaining the control throughout the program, if not, you´ll be dealing with an enormous program, and very complex. The principal reason why we all use “Programming languages” is that we needed a for efficient way to communicate/told the computers what to do.

Between Java and Javascript there is no relationship, because of the “hype” around de Java Language in the 2000s, they thought it will be a good idea to calle it “Java Script”, for Marketing advantages. ECMAScript is a standard document that introduces how JavaScript should work and to be sure if they were talking about the same Language.

#2767
  1. A program is a set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do.
  2. Programing is best when kept simple and when complexity is under control.
  3. Programming languages help the human working enter instructions into the computer in an easy and understandable manner.
  4. Javascript has no relationship with the programming language Java.
  5. ECMAScript and JavaScript are essentially the same, just different, interchangeable names for the same language.
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#2768
  1. A program is a set of precise instructions telling the computer what to do.
  2. The fundamental rules of programming are simple and clear, but programs build on top of these rules tend to become complex enough to build their own rules and complexity. And so on and so forth.
  3. Computer languages allow words and phrases to be combined in new ways, which make it possible to express and develop new concepts. Computer languages are similar to human languages in this way, which makes it possible for humans to communicate with computers.
  4. JavaScript took it’s name due to marketing reasons because the programming language Java was gaining popularity at the time of JavaScript’s origination.
  5. ECMAScript is a script standard described by Ecma International describing the way the JavaScript language should work so that various pieces of software supporting the language complied to the same standard. In practice, ECMAScript and JavaScript can be used interchangeably and are two names for the same languager.
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#2769

  1. What is a program?
    A program is a presise piece of text which instructs the computer to do what the programmer commands it to do.

  2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
    A program is best kept under control or complexity can cause all sorts of problems for programming. It is beautiful when run smoothly.

  3. What function do programming languages have?
    Helps humans to easily communicate their thoughts to the computer.

  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
    There is no real relationship between the two Javascricpt piggybacked on Java through a marketing campaign to gain more popularity.

  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
    They are two lauguages that are interchangable.

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#2770

  1. A list of instructions that a computer can understand to execute a function.

  2. It’s easy to make a simple program complicated, it is hard to make a complicated program simple. The best programmers do the latter.

  3. Programming languages is an abstract set of instructions to inform the machine to perform a variety of functions. As desired by the ‘human programmer’

  4. The only thing Java and JavaScript have in common is their name Java.
    JavaScript runs through the browser via programmed structure or what is called syntax. Unrelated to JavaScript is Java which runs on the Java Virtual Machine via a code called bytecode.

5 ECMA Script is at the core language/engine that runs JavaScript.

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#2771

What is a program?
A specific set of computer instructions.

What can you say about complexity in programming?
Complexity is always best left to simplicity.

What function do programming languages have?
This is a way for human beings to communicate with language to a computer.

What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
There is no real relation between the two apart from marketing.

What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
They are both the same thing and are interchangeable

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#2772
  1. What is a program?
    A program is a sequence of instructions in a programming language that a computer can execute or interpret.
  2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
    Programming is very tedious and complex, but is made much more simple with languages.
  3. What function do programming languages have?
    Simplify and condense long lines of code into concise easy to read language.
  4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
    Javascript was invented in 95 as a way to add programs to web pages. Java and Javascript have almost nothing to do with each other. Java was being heavily marketed at the time as a programming language and the naming of Javascript was an attempt to ride on its coat tails.
  5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
    Ecma Script is a standard that shows how Javascript should work. Ecma International Organization made the standardized document describing this. The names Javascript and EcmaScript can be used interchangeably.
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#2773

1.an action designated to a situation based on code
2. the less complex the code is, the better
3. human-computer interaction
4.none
5.a scripting language standard that consists of rules that languages under its umbrella use.

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#2774

1. What is a program?
A program is a set of instructions given to the computer (or the hardware).

2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
In its essence, programming at the lowest levels deals with simple gateways made out of pairs of 1s and 0s. This can be used for giving computers simple instructions. However, when thinking of a more and more complicated set of instructions (or programs), this quickly becomes a very tedious and inefficient process. This is where higher level programming languages come in, like Javascript or C++.
As a side note, The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin has a chapter describing how a complex program based on this simple 1 and 0 gateways is built using 30 million soldiers, the end goal being to compute the movement patterns of three bodies. They later mention that this wouldn’t work in reality, but I think it’s a nice way of describing the underlying architecture of a computer.

3. What function do programming languages have?
Basically, to help humans interact with the hardware using a language that is in many ways similar to the languages used by humans to communicate with each other. In other words, programming languages are meant to simplify the process of giving instructions to computers. This is both in terms of having an easier time of understanding the language, but also by having (ever) more complex building blocks that act as shortcuts which remove the more tedious or redundant parts of the programming process.

4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
No relationship whatsoever, they only share part of the name so as to capitalize on the popularity of Java.

5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
They are pretty much the same thing, as they refer to the same language. However, one could say that ECMAScript is the standardization document and Javascript is the programming language.

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#2775

  1. A program is the end product of coding organized to create a page with a specific purpose, or to solve a specific problem.

  2. Programing can be very complex and in depth, but its best to keep it simple.

  3. Different languages can serve difference purposes and functions. They make it possible to read and write computer codes, because it would be nearly impossible binary.

  4. They are two completely different languages. Java was first, gaining popularity and the creator of Javascript decided to ride off Javas success by sort of copying the name.

  5. Both are the same. ECMA is the standardization team for Javascript

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