Quiz submission record for quiz2-2-1 at Tue Jun 29 23:55:10 2004:

Your Answer for Question 1:
In reality all can be dropped except one of them. It doesn't matter which one is left. The reason is that the compiler translates them into something like:

Loop:
...
bne ..., Exit
...
j Loop
Exit:

In my opinion they were all included to provide for flexible programming style and to make code easier to read.

Your Answer for Question 2:
C has:
if/else/else if
switch
while
do while
for
(? :)

MIPS has:
beq
bne
slt (used in conjunction with the above)

Reason so few in MIPS:
Because of design principle #1: Simplicity favors regularity.

Your Answer for Question 3:
I like how simple the MIPS instruction set is. The Intel x86 set is a mess. It is nice to be able to do so much with so few instructions.


Your unique submission ID is quiz2-2-1-cs61c-ea-1088578510-3031.