cws/cw01.tex
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+++ b/cws/cw01.tex	Thu Nov 10 01:31:12 2016 +0000
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \begin{document}
 
 \section*{Coursework 6 (Scala)}
-
+ 
 This coursework is about Scala and is worth 10\%. The first and second
 part are due on 16 November at 11pm, and the third part on 23 November
 at 11pm. You are asked to implement three programs about list
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 \item[(2)] Write a second function that takes an upper bound as
   argument and calculates the steps for all numbers in the range from
   1 up to this bound. It returns the maximum number of steps and the
-  corresponding number that needs that many steps.  More precisely,
+  corresponding number that needs that many steps.  More precisely
   it returns a pair where the first
   component is the number of steps and the second is the
   corresponding number. \hfill\mbox{[1 Mark]}
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 to buy and when to sell this commodity. In the example above it should
 return the pair $\texttt{(1, 3)}$ because at index $1$ the price is lowest and
 then at index $3$ the price is highest. Note the prices are given as
-lists of \texttt{Double}s.\newline \mbox{} \hfill[1 Mark]
+lists of \texttt{Float}s.\newline \mbox{} \hfill[1 Mark]
 
 \item[(2)] Write a function that requests a comma-separated value (CSV) list
   from the Yahoo websevice that provides historical data for stock
@@ -186,13 +186,13 @@
 
 \subsection*{Advanced Part 3 (3 Marks)}
 
-A purely fictional character named Mr T.~Drumb inherited in 1978
-approximately 200 Million Dollar from his father. Mr Drumb prides
+A purely fictional character named Mr T.~Drump inherited in 1978
+approximately 200 Million Dollar from his father. Mr Drump prides
 himself to be a brilliant business man because nowadays it is
 estimated he is 3 Billion Dollar worth (one is not sure, of course,
-because Mr Drumb refuses to make his tax records public).
+because Mr Drump refuses to make his tax records public).
 
-Since the question about Mr Drumb's business acumen remains open, let's do a
+Since the question about Mr Drump's business acumen remains, let's do a
 quick back-of-the-envelope calculation in Scala whether his claim has
 any merit. Let's suppose we are given \$100 in 1978 and we follow a
 really dump investment strategy, namely:
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 \end{itemize}\medskip  
 
 \noindent
-\textbf{Tasks (file drumb.scala):}
+\textbf{Tasks (file drump.scala):}
 
 \begin{itemize}
 \item[(1.a)] Write a function that queries the Yahoo financial data
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
 turn out to be a blue chip company.  Also, since the portfolios are
 chosen from the current S\&P 500, they do not include the myriad
 of companies that went bust or were de-listed over the years.
-So where does this leave our fictional character Mr T.~Drumb? Well, given
+So where does this leave our fictional character Mr T.~Drump? Well, given
 his inheritance, a really dumb investment strategy would have done
 equally well, if not much better.
 \end{document}