Homework 12 — Programming Language Paradigms

Objectives

Start exploring Go by working through the Go Tutorial.

Due Date

Beginning of class session 29.

Tasks

1. Your work for this assignment must be done in the folder GoTutorial within your local copy of your SVN repository. Do an SVN update to get that folder; you’ll find a file notes.txt inside.

2. Read the Go Tutorial through the end of the section “An I/O Package”. As you read:

   • Experiment with the code to get a feel for the language. You should add code that you experiment with to the GoTutorial directory and commit it to SVN. (I don’t have particular requirements for what code you experiment with. Do what will help you learn.)

   • Edit the provided text file notes.txt adding short statements or examples, either your own or copied from the Tutorial, that you think capture the key points from the Tutorial.

     For example, from the section on Semicolons, I found the following two points most important:

     • “you never need to put a semicolon at the end of a line”
     • “it’s important to put the opening brace of a construct such as an if statement on the same line as the if; if you don’t, there are situations that may not compile or may give the wrong result.”

Turn-in Instructions

Turn in your work by committing it to your SVN repository. Don’t forget to add any *.go files the you create.