introductiontoprogramminglanguages.pptVIP

* Efficiency Efficiency of compiler construction: implementability Efficiency of compiler execution: simplicity, reliability Efficiency of program construction: writability, expressiveness Efficiency of program execution: optimizability Efficiency of program modification: readability, maintainability * Regularity Regularity is a measure of how well a language integrates its features, so that there are no unusual restrictions, interactions, or behaviors Regularity can be placed in subcategories: Generality, Orthogonality, Uniformity * Generality Do constructs have as few restrictions as possibl