Programming Reading Assignment

[biffen96]

What is a program?
A set of instructions, telling a computer what to do.
What can you say about complexity in programming?
Complexity should be avoided, keep it as simple as possible
What function do programming languages have?
Programming languages are done for humans to be able to read and understand instructions that a computer compiler can understand and translate into code.
What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
No relation
What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
It is the same thing, you could use both of the names

[rkindle]

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

2. What can you say about complexity in programming?
   Complexity should be limited and reduced when ever possible.

3. What function do programming languages have?
   Programming languages are the language understood by a compiler which himself translates this into a code understood by the machine/computer. They are artificially created to allow a programmer to create a set of instructions in a human readable way which can be converted into machine code which is executable by the machine.

4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
   Almost no relationship. Basically the JavaScript name was chosen to ride the publicity wave of Java.

5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
   ECMAScript Standard is the definition for JavaScript. The Names ECMAScript and JavaScript can be used interchangeably.

[markfoster]

1. A function given to an input to produce the desired output. A set of instructions.

2. Programming was very complex in the beginning and has evolved over time to get much more simpler by making it more short and readable.

3. They make it simpler for programmers to write or read code.

4. There is not a relationship, just got stuck with the name because of a marketing stunt.

5. ECMAscript is the standard for Javascript so the relationship between the two is that they are essentially the same language.

[bl0ckchain_br0thaman]

1. the act of constructing a program, a precise set of instructions telling a computer what to do.

2. Its best to keep it simple

3. is artificially constructed language used to instruct computers by way of humans

4. They people ‘swagger jacked’ Java because it was popular at the time and came up with Javascript

5. ECMA is the standard programming language, same as Javascript.

[rikdeklein]

1. A program is a set of instructions that tell a computer what to do.
2. The art of programming is keeping the complexity under control. The great program is subdued-made simple in complexity.
3. Programming languages functions are instructions for computers, easy human communications with computers.
4. Other than the name, there is nothing a like.
5. ECMAscript is a standard for javascrypt implementation in third party products.

[Piotr]

1. It’s a set of instructions that computer need to perform to get a result.
2. Complexity describes how many lines of code we need to write to solve a problem. We need to keep code short and understandable.
3. Programming languages are the translators for human and computers. It makes easier for human to tell computer what to do.
4. Javascript took it’s name from earlier known Java just in marketing purposes.
5. It is the same and can be used interchangeably.

[sargold]

1. What is a program? It is text used to tell the computer to perform a task.
2. What can you say about complexity in programming? Programming can be very complex. And keeping the complexity under control and controlling the complexity is the goal.
3. What function do programming languages have? They help the programmer speak to the computer to tell it what they want it to do.
4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript? Nothing, Java language was being marketed so they decided to use the name.
5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript? Ecma International organization that did the standardization and they can be used interchangeably

[boomfist]

1. a program is instructions in text made by the programmer for the computer to understand what it has to do.

2. there are different ways you can program, from very complex to very simplified. there is more than one way to do the job. Its also important that the programmer keeps it all very structured so they don’t get lost in their own code because it gets to complex.

3. They have the job of making it the programmer easier to formulated the commands and provide convenient building blocks.

4. javascript came out right when java started to gain popularity, they called it javascript to hitch hike on the name to get more exposure.

5. it is basically the same thing, to explain what javascript was in comparison to java, they made a standard document that explain the way javascript works, if people talk about ECMAScript and Javascript, they are talking about the same language.

[nepo]

1. A program is a set of precise instructions telling computer what to do.
2. The fundamentals are simple but programs built on top tend to be complex.
3. A programming language allows us to communicate with the computer telling him exactly what to do.
4. The relation between java and javascript it’s almost none except the fact that the name was chosen for marketing reasons at that time.
5. ECMAScript and Javascript are two names for the same language.

[sammyauto]

1. What is a program?

A program is a set of instructions in the form of text that is typed out by the programmer to tell the computer what to do. It is data that has been inputted into the computers memory, so the computer knows what to do and how to function.

2. What can you say about complexity in programming?

Programming itself is not very complex at all, infact it was very basic and straightforward. Programming is combination of very simple instructions typed in order and sequences to make the program operate with integrity and at super fast speeds on a quantum level beyond our minds capabilities.

3. What function do programming languages have?

The function of the programming language is to write a sequence of instructions for the computer to read and preform. The language helps the programmer to communicate each action and instruction clearly with the computer so the computer can preform on a higher level beyond the capabilities of humans.

4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?

They share the same name java, used as a marketing tactic in the mid 90’s. java is a language and javascript is a tool used to add programs to webpages on internet browsers.

5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?

They are two names for the same language after the ECMA international organisation did the standardisation for how javascript language should work.

[goathanger]

Its a piece of text typed by a programmer to instruct a computer to do something.
The art of programming is the skill of controling complexity, KISS.
They enable humans to interact with computers.
None it was a marketing ploy to ride on the coat tails of Java
The names are interchangeable, 2 names for the same language

[9i9]

1. What is a program?
   A program is a specific set of instructions telling a computer what to do.

2. What can you say about complexity and programming?
   Computers are not smart alone and can preform simple tasks at a fast rate. In the case with programs where you can have multiple instructions, programs can change the complexity of tasks.

3. What function do programming languages have?
   Programing languages allow us to instruct computers on what to do.

4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
   Java is another language that is not to be confused with Javascript. They are of no relation.

5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
   ECMAScript is the same as Javascript and the words can be used interchangably. ECMAScript is named after the organization Emca that did the international standardization of the Javascript language across various software.

[Sloper]

1- a set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do
2- The fundamental rules are simple and clear, but programs built on top of these rules tend to become complex enough to introduce their own rules and complexity.
3- helps the programmer by allowing them to talk about the actions that the computer has to perform on a higher level.
4- not much more than the name
5- different names for the same thing.

[DanD]

• 1. A program is a precise set of instructions that tell a computer what to do.
• 2. The fundamental rules are simple and clear, but programmes built on top of these rules can become complex enough to introduce their own rules and complexity. The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity.
• 3. They help the programmer by allowing them to talk about the actions that that the computer has to perform on a higher level. It has building blocks and allows the programmer to define building blocks, and makes them easy to compose.
• 4. They have little in common besides brand name marketing.
• 5. The terms ECMA and Javascript can be used interchangeably.

[Jim-Zorn]

1. What is a program?

A program is a set of precise instructions that tells a computer what to do.

2. What can you say about complexity in programming?

Programming is the skill of controlling complexity.

3. What function do programming languages have?

Computer programming languages have the function of translating languages understandable by humans into languages understandable by machines.

4. What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?

There is almost no practical relationship between Java and Javascript. The name JavaScript was created to take advantage of the popularity that the language Java had already attained.

5. What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?

ECMAScript is a scripting-language specification that was created to standardize JavaScript

[Matt1]

1. Set of instructions to computer.
2. Complexity in programming should be avoided.
3. Programming languages enable humans to read/write set of instruction.
4. Not much
   5.ECMAScript is a standard JavaScript language.

[cecilia]

Answers

1. A program is instructions telling a computer what to do.
2. The biggest problem of programing is keeping everything under control.
3. A function that programing language have is to direct the computer to have an easier way to do more complicated stuff, rather than using 1s and 0s.
4. Java and JavaScript have nothing to do with each other.
5. ECMA is a standard, same as JavaScript just different names.

[Gab]

• What is a program?
  A program is a set of precise instructions to tell the computer what to do. It combines ingeniously together a set of really simple actions to make the computer do complicate tasks.

• What can you say about complexity in programming?
  programming is tedious us and frustrating, the set of rules is simple but building a program on top of this is not because if we don’t have control on the size of the program we are building this is going to spiral out of control. this is one of the main problem of programming, keeping the complexity as low as possible.

• What function do programming languages have?
  a programming language is an artificially created language to instruct a computer. is made to omit tedious details, give building blocks to perform actions ,give the possibility to create your own and make them easy to assemble together.

• What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
  almost completely none if not for the fact that javascript was released when Java was trending.

• What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
  they are basically the same thing however ECMAscript has some more implementations (Jscript, actionscript…)

[bruno]

1. A program is a piece of text typed by a programmer, it is data in the computer’s memory that also controls the actions performed on this same memory.

2. About complexity in programming it can be said that the art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity.

3. The function of programming language is to help programmers by allowing them to talk about the actions that the computer has to perform on a higher level. It helps omit details, provides convenient building blocks, allows to define your own building blocks, and makes those blocks easy to compose.

4. Javascript has almost nothing to do with Java. The similarity in the name derives from a marketing strategy.

5. ECMAScript is a standard document written to describe how JavaScript language should work so that the pieces of software that claimed to support JavaScript were talking about the same language.

[SimonLondon]

What is a program?
a set of precise instructions telling a computer what to do

What can you say about complexity in programming?
Programming is the combining of many very simple instructions so that the whole is quite complex. The skill in programming is keeping control of this complexity so that it appears to be relatively simple to someone else.

What function do programming languages have?
They abstract away the actual details of implementation so that a programmer can focus on development at a higher level. It does this by providing useful blocks of instructions and allows the programmer to construct their own bespoke blocks. This is also useful for someone else who looks at the code to understand the purpose and how it is accomplished.

What is the relationship between Java and Javascript?
Java was gaining media popularity and JavaScript used the media interest to leverage acceptance as a modern programming language.

What is ECMAScript and how is it related to Javascript?
ECMAScript is the standardization of Javascript so that a Javascript compatible implementation can be created. These days they are identical.