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\geometry{letterpaper}                   % ... or a4paper or a5paper or ... 
%\geometry{landscape}                % Activate for for rotated page geometry
%\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}    % Activate to begin paragraphs with an empty line rather than an indent
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{% settings for the listings package for code
	basicstyle=\ttfamily\small
}

\title{Language Research Report\\CSSE 403}
\author{YourNameHere}
%\date{}                                           % Activate to display a given date or no date

\begin{document}
\maketitle
%\section{}
%\subsection{}

\section{Language 1}

\begin{description}
\item[Language name:] yourTextHere

\item[Description:] yourTextHere

\item[Paradigm(s) supported:] yourTextHere

\item[Typical application domains:] yourTextHere

\item[Code snippet:] ~
\begin{lstlisting}
yourCodeHere {
  print "listings package lets you use curly braces, etc."
}
\end{lstlisting}

This snippet is interesting because \ldots yourTextHere

\item[Claimed strengths:] yourTextHere

\item[Claimed weaknesses:] yourTextHere

\end{description}

\section{Language 2}

\begin{description}
\item[Language name:] yourTextHere

\item[Description:] yourTextHere

\item[Paradigm(s) supported:] yourTextHere

\item[Typical application domains:] yourTextHere

\item[Code snippet:] ~
\begin{lstlisting}
yourCodeHere {
  print "listings package lets you use curly braces, etc."
}
\end{lstlisting}

This snippet is interesting because \ldots yourTextHere

\item[Claimed strengths:] yourTextHere

\item[Claimed weaknesses:] yourTextHere

\end{description}

\section{Language 3}

\begin{description}
\item[Language name:] yourTextHere

\item[Description:] yourTextHere

\item[Paradigm(s) supported:] yourTextHere

\item[Typical application domains:] yourTextHere

\item[Code snippet:] ~
\begin{lstlisting}
yourCodeHere {
  print "listings package lets you use curly braces, etc."
}
\end{lstlisting}

This snippet is interesting because \ldots yourTextHere

\item[Claimed strengths:] yourTextHere

\item[Claimed weaknesses:] yourTextHere

\end{description}

\section{Summary}

Language rankings:
\begin{description}
\item[First choice:] languageNameHere
\item[Second choice:] languageNameHere
\item[Third choice:] languageNameHere
\end{description}

I chose to rank the languages in this order because \ldots yourTextHere

\end{document}  