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@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@
 
 Can you please list all programming languages in which you have
 already written programs (like spent at least a good working day
-working on the program)?  This is just for my curiosity to estimate
-what your background is.
+fiddling with the program or programs)?  This is just for my
+curiosity to estimate what your background is.
 
 \subsection*{Question 3}
 

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@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
     \end{tikzpicture}
   \end{center}
 
-\item \textbf{(Deleted for 2017)}
+\item \textbf{(Deleted for 2017, 2018)}
   Given the following deterministic finite automaton over the
   alphabet $\{0, 1\}$, find the corresponding minimal automaton. In
   case states can be merged, state clearly which states can be merged.

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@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
   \begin{array}{l}
   (\ZERO \cdot (b \cdot c)) + 
   ((\ZERO \cdot c) + \ONE)\\
-  (a + \ONE) \cdot (\ONE + \ONE)
+    (a + \ONE) \cdot (\ONE + \ONE)\\
+    a^*
   \end{array}
   \]
 

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@@ -57,14 +57,18 @@
 and (ii) give a sample string involving all rules given in 1.-4.~that 
 can be parsed by this grammar.
 
-\item Given the regular expression
-
-\[(ab + a)\cdot (\ONE + b)\]
+\item Given the regular expressions
 
-there are two values for how this regular expression can recognise
-the string $ab$. Give both values and indicate which one is the
-POSIX value.
+\begin{center}
+\begin{tabular}{ll}    
+  1) & $(ab + a)\cdot (\ONE + b)$\\
+  2) & $(aa + a)^*$\\
+\end{tabular}
+\end{center}
 
+there are in case two values for how these regular expressions can
+recognise the string (for 1) $ab$ and (for 2) $aaa$. Give in each case
+both values and indicate which one is the POSIX value.
 \item \POSTSCRIPT        
 \end{enumerate}
 

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@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
       sequence of tokens as input to the parser?
 
 \item Explain what is meant by the terms lazy evaluation and eager
-      evaluation.
+  evaluation.
+
+\item \POSTSCRIPT    
 \end{enumerate}
 
 \end{document}

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@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 ifeq label
 \end{lstlisting}
 
+
+\item Early in the module, we saw that the regular expression matchers
+  in Java, Python and Ruby are very slow with some (basic) regular
+  expressions. What is the main reason for this ineffcient computation?
+
 \item \POSTSCRIPT  
 
 %  \item It is true (I confirmed it) that

--- a/progs/pow.scala	Fri Oct 12 10:16:54 2018 +0100
+++ b/progs/pow.scala	Sat Oct 13 13:51:28 2018 +0100
@@ -38,3 +38,13 @@
 
 for (n <- (0 to 6).toList) 
   yield pow(B, n).size
+
+
+
+
+
+val A = Set("a", "b", "c")
+pow(A, 3)
+
+val B = Set("a", "b", "")
+pow(B, 4)