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     8 \section*{Assignment 6 (Scala)}
     9 \section*{Assignment 6 (Scala)}
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    10 \mbox{}\hfill\textit{``The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought,}\\
    11 \mbox{}\hfill\textit{``The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought,}\\
    11 \mbox{}\hfill\textit{coupled with judiciously placed print statements.''}\smallskip\\
    12 \mbox{}\hfill\textit{coupled with judiciously placed print statements.''}\smallskip\\
    12 \mbox{}\hfill\textit{ --- Brian W. Kernighan, in Unix for Beginners (1979)}\bigskip
    13 \mbox{}\hfill\textit{ --- Brian W. Kernighan, in Unix for Beginners (1979)}\medskip\bigskip
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    15 \noindent
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    16 This assignment is about Scala and worth 10\%. The basic
    17 This assignment is about Scala and worth 10\%. The basic
    17 part is due on \cwSIX{} at 11pm, and the main part on \cwSIXa{}
    18 part is due on \cwSIX{} at 11pm, and the main part on \cwSIXa{}
   192 \item Next year in January, we look at how our stocks did, liquidate
   193 \item Next year in January, we look at how our stocks did, liquidate
   193   everything, and re-invest our (hopefully) increased money in again
   194   everything, and re-invest our (hopefully) increased money in again
   194   the stocks from our portfolio (there might be more stocks available,
   195   the stocks from our portfolio (there might be more stocks available,
   195   if companies from our portfolio got listed in that year, or less if
   196   if companies from our portfolio got listed in that year, or less if
   196   some companies went bust or were de-listed).
   197   some companies went bust or were de-listed).
   197 \item We do this for 40 years until January 2019 and check what would
   198 \item We do this for 41 years until January 2019 and check what would
   198   have become out of our \$100.
   199   have become out of our \$100.
   199 \end{itemize}
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   201 \noindent
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   202 Until Yahoo was bought by Altaba a few years ago, historical stock market
   203 Until Yahoo was bought by Altaba a few years ago, historical stock market
   337 his inheritance, a really dumb investment strategy would have done
   338 his inheritance, a really dumb investment strategy would have done
   338 equally well, if not much better.\medskip
   339 equally well, if not much better.\medskip
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   344 %%%%%%% Historical Stuff
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   344 This part is about web-scraping and list-processing in Scala. It uses
   347 This part is about web-scraping and list-processing in Scala. It uses
   345 online data about the per-capita alcohol consumption for each country
   348 online data about the per-capita alcohol consumption for each country
   346 (per year?), and a file containing the data about the population size of
   349 (per year?), and a file containing the data about the population size of