# EI Discussion points

## 1. Computational Thinking

Einführung in die Informatik Zoom Meeting
Thursday, September 17⋅14:15 – 15:00
https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/97878398600?pwd=TUE0U0wyYy9vdE1CdlBWOG95U1BtZz09

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fxpuiq535Umkq3H2OZXF4JvvsSWipriuEnROk8uMkCQ/edit?usp=sharing

- Has anyone built software for a customer?
  - Was the solution given, or did you have to design it? How?
- Recursion -- how to ensure termination?
- Depth-first search -- examples from real life?
  - Physically searching for a lost item in a house
  - Doing an exam, question by question
- Breadth-first search -- examples?
  - Doing an exam, skimming the questions first (to do easiest ones first)

## 2. Programming Languages

Einführung in die Informatik Zoom Meeting
Thursday, September 24⋅14:15 – 15:00
https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/j/96612429793?pwd=V1pZOEV1M2NrTEhTM0ZjbnRWeDdadz09

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vOqdyhDwYFZY4cQMIV14MXn6yM_4E8nIoCwkFri5keY/edit?usp=sharing

- Who has experience with a PL?
- With more than one language? How would you compare them?
- How would you design a Turing machine that decides if a number is even or odd?
- Why is supporting recursion in a programming language a challenge?