Homework 1
This homework is worth 10 points.
Goals
When you finish this homework you should:
- Understand the standards that exist in the UNIX/LINUX world.
Assignment
Read chapter 1 of the book.
- Summarize section 1.3 Standardization.
- This should be in the form of an outline
- You should provide a single paragraph at the end summarizing what you have learned.
- On cslab100 read the man page for rand and drand48
- Based on what you have learned about standards, which rand should you employ in a program which needs random numbers?
- The wikipedia page describes the UNIX man pages as "offering terse reference information ... ", based on your reading do you agree or disagree, support your position.
Submit a hard copy of this paper at the beginning of class on the due date.