This assignment gives you the opportunity to introduce the class to a programming language of your choice through a short presentation ("lightning talk"). 

• Topic selection via Doodle
• In-class visual and spoken presentation of 10 to 12 minutes in length plus 3 to 5 minutes for questions and/or discussion
• Submission of visuals via Blackboard

Structure of Presentation

Your presentation on the chosen language should consist of these parts. A suggested approximate number of slides for each part is given in parentheses.

1. (1-2 slides) Background and rationale, based on corresponding chapter from the text by Biancuzzi (or other relevant sources)
2. (1 slide) Brief code sample
3. (5-6 slides) Evaluation with respect to these criteria (please see this reference for details)
   • Readability
   • Writability/Productivity
   • Reliability
   • Cost
   • Others, such as
   • Portability
   • Generality
   • Well-definedness
   • Community, books, industry backing, etc.
   • Major projects (e.g., C used for Unix and lots of other stuff)
   • Ecosystem (availability of tools and libraries for the language or the platform it represents)
   • Coolness
4. (1 slides) Conclusion
5. Questions and/or discussion