Lisp is based on the ____ model of computation.

functional

imperative

semantic

interpretive

In a program, selection and iteration are accomplished by the use of ____.

structured data abstractions

application programming interfaces

branch instructions

syntactic sugar

A structured control abstraction divides a program into groups of instructions.

True

False

Which of the following statements about programming languages is correct?

ALGOL was developed before FORTRAN.

C language was developed before ALGOL.

The Ada language is based on Prolog.

Pascal is based on ALGOL.

The lexical structure of a programming language is similar to the ____ in a natural language

		grammar
		syntax
		semantics
		spelling Specification languages would allow users to indicate their requirements and would then implement those requirements. True False