coursework/cw02.tex
changeset 198 f54972b0f641
parent 182 9ce2414e470e
child 199 89cafeb66f40
--- a/coursework/cw02.tex	Tue Nov 19 23:44:49 2013 +0000
+++ b/coursework/cw02.tex	Fri Nov 22 16:56:51 2013 +0000
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
 
 \section*{Coursework 2}
 
+{\bf UPDATE:} There was a typo in Q1 about the regular expressions for comments:
+they should, of course, start with $\slash\slash$, as in C for example, not with 
+$\backslash\backslash$.\bigskip\bigskip
+
+\noindent
 This coursework is worth 3\% and is due on 27 November at 16:00. You are asked to 
 
 \begin{enumerate}
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@
 \item parentheses are \texttt{(}, \texttt{\{}, \texttt{)} and \texttt{\}}
 \item there are semicolons \texttt{;}
 \item whitespaces are either \texttt{" "} or \texttt{$\backslash$n}
-\item comments either start with $\backslash\,\backslash$ and run to the end of the corresponding line 
+\item comments either start with $\slash\,\slash$ and run to the end of the corresponding line 
 (indicated by \texttt{$\backslash$n}), or they can also run over several lines but then need to be enclosed by
 $\slash\texttt{*}$ as the beginning marker and $\texttt{*}\slash{}$\smallskip as the end marker
 \item identifiers are letters followed by underscores \texttt{\_\!\_}, letters