CSE 410 Homework 2: Function Calls, Switch Statements, and Optimizations

Assigned Friday, April 20, 2012
Due Date

Friday, April 27, 2012
Paper copies may be handed in at the beginning of class that day.
PDF copies may be submitted online by 11 pm.

Introduction

The purpose of written homework assignments is to get you thinking about the topics being covered in lecture and in readings in the textbook which are not represented in the hands-on, programming lab assignments. These written assignments also better prepare you for course examinations. It is worth noting that the book contains many pratice problems similar to the problems we ask on these written assignments. The solutions for those practice problems are located at the end of each chapter and should give you a feel for the kind of answers we expect you to turn in for these kind of assignments.

Logistics

Since these written homeworks are not programming lab assignments, you will turn in your assignment online as electronic documents in PDF format or on paper in class on the due date.

Grading

Same rules as for homework #1.

We will provide solutions to all of the problems in the written homework assignments in a timely fashion after the assignment is due. Since the late policy affords you a maximum of two late days, we cannot release solutions until the Friday following the assignment's due date, at the earliest.

Questions

  1. Practice Problem 3.33 (You may check your answers at the end of the chapter.)
  2. From the textbook: Problem 3.59
  3. From the textbook: Problem 3.62

Notes

Make sure you are using the 2nd edition of Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective. If you're not using the right book, you might be doing the wrong problems!

Submitting Your Work

Please either hand in a paper copy at the beginning of class on the due date, or turn in a PDF file containing your answers to the Catalyst drop box linked from the CSE 410 main web page. We will not accept electronic submissions that are not in PDF format. (Scanned copies of handwritten files are okay, as long as the files are small - a few MB at the most - and the copies are legible, but PDF files produced with a text editor or word processor are preferred.)