1) At several points during the semester, we will look at mathematical concepts that are treated differently in different paradigms (and even a few that were instrumental in causing new paradigms to be developed). (Please note there is no wrong answer to this question). For each paradigm, you describe, state your level of familiarity with it and any coding you might have done using this paradigm in the past. Since different paradigms often present dramatically different ways of solving problems. Its often recommended (and I also think its a really good idea), to get some familiarity with different paradigms. One common recommendation is to become very familiar with at least one language in one paradigm (you will probably hit this level in object-oriented programming using Java). Have an introduction to another language using that paradigm (such as C# with the object-oriented paradigm). Finally, have an introduction to programming in at least one other paradigm and understand how to do things differently in that second paradigm. Im not expecting you to do any of this here in this class, but the ability to solve problems using different approaches, or choosing the best approach to solve a particular problem, is a very useful skill (and one that I expect all of my employees to have).

2) Write down a paragraph or two about how you could learn more about solving problems and coding in a different paradigm. Its not only programming paradigms that affect how code is structured and the nature of coding. Software architectures also affect, on a fundamental level, how code is written and the assumptions that developers make when designing code