CS 127 Assignments: Fall, 2001

Assignment 0: Warming up, and shaking off the rust

Assigned on Monday, 9/10/01
Due by 5 PM on Wednesday, 9/12/01

1. Make sure that you can log on to one of the department Linux computers. Start up kmail (or pine), and send me an e-mail message at dmusican. In particular, tell me about your experiences with computers, what inspired you to take this course (which of my courses are you in?), and what you hope to get out of it.

2. Write a C++ program of your own choosing, and indicate with comments at the top of the program what it does. This program can be as easy as you like; we won't grade this asignment on content. The program should work (i.e. not crash), but the main purpose here is to make sure that you know how to compile and submit programs on our Linux systems. To electronically submit the programs, you will need to use the hsp program; for more information, visit http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/system_notes/hsp.html .

Optional piece:

Do you find it frustrating having two email accounts? If so, you can forward all your mathcs email to your regular Carleton email address. To set this up, create a file called ".forward" (the period in front is important) in your home directory. In this file, place a single line containing your regular Carleton email address. For example, my file might look like

dmusican@carleton.edu

That's all you need to do! Test it by sending email to yourself at the mathcs department and see if it forwards to your Carleton address. For example, I would test it for myself by sending email to dmusican@mathcs.carleton.edu, and seeing if it goes to my regular email account.