CS615A - Homework Assignments General Information


Unless stated otherwise in the individual assignment, the following applies:

- All homework assignments are to be done on linux-lab.cs.stevens.edu.

  It is your responsibility to ensure that you have an account on these
  systems.

- For programming assignments:

  - Code that does not compile or contains syntax errors will receive 0 points.
    Before you submit anything, make sure to test it.  Even if you just make
    a one-character change in the last minute, test it before submitting the
    source code.

  - Code should contain _useful_ commentary _where necessary_.

  - All programs should exhibit standard unix behaviour with respect to return
    values, handling of errors, handling of stdin, stdout and stderr,
    command-line flags etc.

  - All programs should follow the principle of least surprise for the user.

- When submitting files, please always name them *exactly* as requested.  That
  is, if the assignment specifies that the file to submit should be named
  "$USER-hw1.txt", then any submission named "cs615a-FullName.hw1" or similar
  will be penalized with 5 points.

- The due date is always given in the date format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS,
  according to our systems local time (EST or EDT), using a 24 hour clock.
  The due date is always fixed, and no late submissions are accepted.