Chapter 9, Problem 1RQ

One characteristic of programming languages that varies widely from language to language is how parameters are passed. Among ALGOL, Pascal, Ada, C, C++, Java, and C#, no two languages pass parameters in exactly the same way. Among these languages, choose the one that you believe has adopted the best approach to parameter passing. Defend your decision by outlining the advantages of the approach of the language that you chose and the disadvantages of the approaches taken by other languages.

Explain the distinction between derived types and subtypes in Ada.

What is a parameter profile? What is a subprogram protocol?

What do dynamic programming and divide-and-conquer have in common? What is the primary distinction between them?

How is cooperation synchronization provided for Ada tasks?

Explain the concept of portability as it applies to programming languages.

Explain the writability evaluation criterion for programming languages in a few words.

What is a generic subprogram?

Explain Static semantics and its advantages & disadvantages.