Nov. 28-08
It is almost the end of the term. Everybody is hunted by their assignments, tests and projects. My schedule has turned into a chaos as well. Anyway, I have handed in the assignment #3 this Monday. At first sight it looked easy, but it was actually pretty tough. On top of that, the assignment was extremely time consuming. I wonder how long it would cost me if I did that assignment alone.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
FSA Continued
Nov. 19-08
I didn't go to the Monday lecture, therefore I had to catch up with the class. My friends told me that they were taught how to prove a DFSA. I reviewed Monday slides, but was confused at some details of the DFSA proof. Then, I traced the proof provided on the slides with paper and pen, but didn't work out. I think I need to clear my mind once, then come back to stare at the slides again. If it still doesn't solve my problem, then I will go and ask a TA.
Assignment #3 was released last week. I was determined to start the assignment earlier this time, so I did some brainstorm on it. It didn't look hard, but I could tell it would take me a while to complete it. Final problem set was posted as well on the bulletin board, and it is due this Friday. I have skimmed over the problem set and thought it could be considered as the warming up for assignment #3.
I didn't go to the Monday lecture, therefore I had to catch up with the class. My friends told me that they were taught how to prove a DFSA. I reviewed Monday slides, but was confused at some details of the DFSA proof. Then, I traced the proof provided on the slides with paper and pen, but didn't work out. I think I need to clear my mind once, then come back to stare at the slides again. If it still doesn't solve my problem, then I will go and ask a TA.
Assignment #3 was released last week. I was determined to start the assignment earlier this time, so I did some brainstorm on it. It didn't look hard, but I could tell it would take me a while to complete it. Final problem set was posted as well on the bulletin board, and it is due this Friday. I have skimmed over the problem set and thought it could be considered as the warming up for assignment #3.
Friday, November 14, 2008
FSA
Nov. 14-08
We have proceeded to the topic of FSAs. I was delighted to know that we were going to work with diagrams and graphs. State invariant had to be clarified before constructing a DFSA. However once we have a working machine, we can easily confirm the correctness of the DFSA. That was what I really liked about this subject.
Problem set #5 was due today. Apparently, problem sets are more helpful than the textbook. Questions on the problem sets were well-designed and encouraged me to do more work.
We have proceeded to the topic of FSAs. I was delighted to know that we were going to work with diagrams and graphs. State invariant had to be clarified before constructing a DFSA. However once we have a working machine, we can easily confirm the correctness of the DFSA. That was what I really liked about this subject.
Problem set #5 was due today. Apparently, problem sets are more helpful than the textbook. Questions on the problem sets were well-designed and encouraged me to do more work.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Ice Age II
Nov. 5-08
The second term test is approaching. I haven't regained my confidence yet, and I cannot help myself being nerves about the test. Hopefully, I can stay calm on Friday.
Regular expressions was something completely new to me. I didn't even know there exists such a way to express languages. I didn't realize the significance of regular expressions until I was forced to face it in my CSC207 class. Now, I see the benefits of taking CSC236 and CSC207 together. The thing is that people cannot prove something that they are not aware of. Without a good understanding of the usage of regular expressions, I cannot possibly reason them properly. Thanks to the second assignment of CSC207 where I had some room to play with regular expressions, now I can concentrate more on its theoretical aspect. Again, I was very glad that I have managed to have both CSC207 and CSC236 in the same semester.
The second term test is approaching. I haven't regained my confidence yet, and I cannot help myself being nerves about the test. Hopefully, I can stay calm on Friday.
Regular expressions was something completely new to me. I didn't even know there exists such a way to express languages. I didn't realize the significance of regular expressions until I was forced to face it in my CSC207 class. Now, I see the benefits of taking CSC236 and CSC207 together. The thing is that people cannot prove something that they are not aware of. Without a good understanding of the usage of regular expressions, I cannot possibly reason them properly. Thanks to the second assignment of CSC207 where I had some room to play with regular expressions, now I can concentrate more on its theoretical aspect. Again, I was very glad that I have managed to have both CSC207 and CSC236 in the same semester.
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