CSE 305 Programming Languages Fall, 2003
Professor Shapiro
Homework 6
Maximum Points: 8
Due 9:00 am, Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Copy this file to a text file named hw6.txt, edit into it your
answers, and submit the file via the submit program by the deadline
given above.

1.  Some languages provide a convenient way to initialize arrays, such
as the C-based languages,

     int[] squares = {0, 1, 2, 9, 16, 25};

However, is the {...} notation a general array-valued constructor,
allowed on the rhs of assignment statements, or only a special syntax
for declaration statements?  What kinds of expressions are allowed
inside the curly brackets?

For each of the languages listed below, discuss how this array bracket
notation may be used and what expressions are allowed within the
brackets.  For this question, you may use any resources, including
publications, web pages, and other people (who are willing) (including
classmates).  However you MUST list all the resources you use, all the
people you consult or work with, and use quotation marks
appropriately.  You may also write test programs to experiment with
various compilers, in which case you are to include the programs you
use, show their runs, and explain what you learn from each.  The
languages you are to discuss are:

a. (4) Java

b. (4) C or C++