diff -r 34e901c529ce -r 370c0647a9bf handouts/ho01.tex --- a/handouts/ho01.tex Mon Sep 01 18:05:39 2014 +0100 +++ b/handouts/ho01.tex Wed Sep 03 11:01:49 2014 +0100 @@ -1,18 +1,14 @@ \documentclass{article} -\usepackage{hyperref} -\usepackage{amssymb} -\usepackage{amsmath} -\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{../style} \usepackage{../langs} -\newcommand{\dn}{\stackrel{\mbox{\scriptsize def}}{=}}% \begin{document} \section*{Handout 1} -This course is about the processing of strings. Lets start with what we mean by \emph{strings}. Strings +This module is about the processing of strings. Lets start with what we mean by \emph{strings}. Strings (they are also sometimes referred to as \emph{words}) are lists of characters drawn from an \emph{alphabet}. If nothing else is specified, we usually assume the alphabet consists of just the lower-case letters $a$, $b$, \ldots, $z$. Sometimes, however, we explicitly