Michael Bolin's 6.170 Recitation

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This web site is for students in the recitation that I am teaching for 6.170 Fall 2004. The recitation meets Thursday afternoons from 2-3pm in 34-302 and my office hours are after recitation from 3-5pm in 32-044A.
Recitation Notes
9/16 Recitation 2
9/23 Recitation 3
10/7 Recitation 5
10/14 Recitation 6
10/28 Recitation 8
Recommended Readings
Athena Pocket Reference
The Java IAQ
Programming by Coincidence
Writing a Code Generator
in Java
The Story of Mel
A Comparative Overview of C#
Beating the Averages
J2SE 5.0 New Features

Athena Pocket Reference

The Athena Pocket Reference is a handy manual that tells you how to do a number of things on Athena in addition to Linux/UNIX/Solaris machines, in general. You can get a copy of this manual for free in SIPB or at CopyTech. As a software developer, knowledge of the command line tools in *NIX environments often proves helpful. In the Athena Pocket Reference, you can find the answers to the following general questions:

  • How can I change my password from the command line?
  • How can I remove a job from the print queue?
  • How can I list all the files in my directory, including the ones that start with a dot?
And answers to the following Athena-specific questions:
  • How can I send my friend a zephyr that makes his or her computer beep?
  • How can I find out the Athena cluster door combination?
  • How can I see how many workstations are occupied in each cluster?


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