Quiz submission record for quiz2-2-1 at Tue Jun 29 23:35:19 2004:

Your Answer for Question 1:
while statements and do while statements can be dropped because they can be formed through a combination of if and goto statements.  C designers included them all to make life easier for the programmer by shortening the amount of syntax to create a while or do while loop.  It's simply a matter of convenience and not one of necessity.

Your Answer for Question 2:
C statements:
  -if (> >= < <= ==)
  -if, else
  -while
  -do while
  -switch(var), case var:

MIPS
  beq, bne, slt


 The designers wanted to keep the instructions to a minimum because simplicity favors regularity.  Instructions can be carried out more efficiently and faster if a smaller instruction set is used.  It may be harder to code with, but performance is improved.




Your Answer for Question 3:
I found it interesting how you could form loops and switch case statements only using forms of the if conditional and a way to goto a specific line in the code.  It makes you appreciate the convenience of high level languages that provide commonly used functions.


Your unique submission ID is quiz2-2-1-cs61c-ee-1088577319-137.