Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

I started my computer science journey in java, because it was the language that most of the games i used to play was written in.
And most of all the language is mainstream and I just fitted in with the crowd. Anyways with my project will be on
the effeciencies and defiencies in all areas of software, which means speed, security and complexity
I will be writing something similar to a file transfer protocol or a simple java platformer
and translate them in to lisp and C++ (which I will try to get aid from from a online friend in lisp (since I am too lazy)
IF anyone has project ideas for java please give me some better ones
I would also like to know or find out how, I could find out a mentor to help me
how I would write a letter to a C.S professor and who else can also aid me in my research
I am fairly new to this and Side Note: 11/6 Ists and Regional fair on 11/21st
thanks!

CSciprimetime,

That sounds like a pretty ambitious project. I doubt you will do more than scratch the surface before Nov 21!

Here is a 13 year old article describing pretty much what you outlined:

http://www.flownet.com/gat/papers/lisp-java.pdf

It is old and obsolete, since those languages have evolved considerably since then. You might pattern your work after it and see how things are now. It would be publishable, I suspect, if done well.

Another old (and obsolete) example of how people compare programming languages:

http://www.python.org/doc/essays/comparisons.html

Something much more current:

http://programmerhrishi.blogspot.com/20 ... cjava.html

I suggest you do some more research on your own. Here's a search that might get you started:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&scl ... sp+c%2B%2B

Good luck!

hhemken wrote:CSciprimetime,

That sounds like a pretty ambitious project. I doubt you will do more than scratch the surface before Nov 21!

Here is a 13 year old article describing pretty much what you outlined:

http://www.flownet.com/gat/papers/lisp-java.pdf

It is old and obsolete, since those languages have evolved considerably since then. You might pattern your work after it and see how things are now. It would be publishable, I suspect, if done well.

Another old (and obsolete) example of how people compare programming languages:

http://www.python.org/doc/essays/comparisons.html

Something much more current:

http://programmerhrishi.blogspot.com/20 ... cjava.html

I suggest you do some more research on your own. Here's a search that might get you started:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&scl ... sp+c%2B%2B

Good luck!

haha sorry i was abit vague! 1121 is deadline for project registration march is when the actual research and project is handed in