Wed, 5 Oct 2011, 20:31

A student writes with three questions: 

> Dr Patt,
> 
> I have a few questions for you:
> 
> First, I have completed programming assignment 1, and it works, so I believe
> I'm ready to submit it.   Could you please tell me when submission
> instructions are to be posted?

Submission instructions should be posted within the next day or two.  We are
working on them right now.

> Second, I have completed it in 22 steps.   I'm pretty sure it could be more
> efficient than this - are we marked for efficiency or is full credit just
> dependent on whether the program works?

No, you are not marked for efficiency in EE 306.  What is important to me
in 306 is that you understand the part of programs in the whole scheme of
things and that you are able to demonstrate that understanding by writing 
programs that get the job done.  My program took about half that number of 
instructions, but I would prefer you spent your time understanding the 
concepts in the course, rather than to squeeze every last instruction out 
of the program.

> Finally, do you plan on posting solutions to Exam 1?

Absolutely, as soon as we can make out the solution sheet.

> Thank you, 
>
> <<name withheld to protect the student who needed 22 instructions>>