Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)
Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780133760064
Author: Glenn Brookshear, Dennis Brylow
Publisher: PEARSON
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Importance of comment statements:

“No”, it is not acceptable for a programmer to forgo documentation through comment statements to get a program running on time.

Comment statements are the explanation in the source code of any computer program which the programmer develops. These statements make it simple and easy to interpret the source code for any other person or a programmer.

Due to the comment statements it is easy to understand the source code in a computer program. A programmer inserts these comment statements so that others can understand the program. A programmer sometimes forgo documentation via comment statements due to any reasons such that less time remains for a deadline, laziness and his ego or over confidence...

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Computer Science: An Overview (12th Edition)

Ch. 6.3 - Why do many programming languages implement I/O...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 4QECh. 6.3 - Prob. 5QECh. 6.4 - Prob. 1QECh. 6.4 - What is a symbol table?Ch. 6.4 - What is the difference between a terminal and a...Ch. 6.4 - Prob. 4QECh. 6.4 - Prob. 5QECh. 6.4 - Prob. 6QECh. 6.5 - What is the difference between an object and a...Ch. 6.5 - Prob. 2QECh. 6.5 - Suppose the classes PartTimeEmployee and...Ch. 6.5 - What is a constructor?Ch. 6.5 - Why are some items within a class designated as...Ch. 6.6 - Prob. 1QECh. 6.6 - Prob. 2QECh. 6.6 - Prob. 3QECh. 6.7 - Prob. 2QECh. 6.7 - Prob. 3QECh. 6.7 - Prob. 4QECh. 6 - Prob. 1CRPCh. 6 - Translate the following Python program into the...Ch. 6 - Prob. 3CRPCh. 6 - Why was it necessary to identify the type of data...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6CRPCh. 6 - Suppose the function f expects two numeric values...Ch. 6 - Suppose f is a function that returns the result of...Ch. 6 - Prob. 9CRPCh. 6 - Summarize the distinction between a machine...Ch. 6 - John Programmer argues that the ability to declare...Ch. 6 - Summarize the distinction between declarative...Ch. 6 - Explain the differences between a literal, a...Ch. 6 - a. What is operator precedence? b. Depending on...Ch. 6 - Prob. 16CRPCh. 6 - What is the difference between the meaning of the...Ch. 6 - Draw a flowchart representing the structure...Ch. 6 - Prob. 19CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 20CRPCh. 6 - Draw a flowchart representing the structure...Ch. 6 - Rewrite the following program segment using a...Ch. 6 - Summarize the following rats-nest routine with a...Ch. 6 - Prob. 24CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 25CRPCh. 6 - Suppose the variable X in a program was declared...Ch. 6 - Prob. 27CRPCh. 6 - Why would a large array probably not be passed to...Ch. 6 - Sometimes an actual parameter is passed to a...Ch. 6 - Prob. 32CRPCh. 6 - What ambiguity exists in the statement X = 3 + 2 ...Ch. 6 - Suppose a small company has five employees and is...Ch. 6 - Prob. 35CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 36CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 37CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 38CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 39CRPCh. 6 - Design a set of syntax diagrams that describes the...Ch. 6 - Prob. 41CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 42CRPCh. 6 - Add syntax diagrams to those in Question 5 of...Ch. 6 - Prob. 44CRPCh. 6 - What code optimization could be performed by a...Ch. 6 - Simplify the following program segment Y = 5 if (Y...Ch. 6 - Simplify the following program segment while (X !=...Ch. 6 - In an object-oriented programming environment, how...Ch. 6 - Describe how inheritance might be used to develop...Ch. 6 - What is the difference between the public and...Ch. 6 - a. Give an example of a situation in which an...Ch. 6 - Describe some objects that might be found in a...Ch. 6 - Prob. 53CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 54CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 55CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 56CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 57CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 58CRPCh. 6 - Prob. 59CRPCh. 6 - In general copyright laws support ownership rights...Ch. 6 - By using a high-level programming language, a...Ch. 6 - Prob. 3SICh. 6 - Prob. 4SICh. 6 - Prob. 5SICh. 6 - Suppose an amateur programmer writes a program for...Ch. 6 - Prob. 7SI
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