CSC152 2006S, Class 13: Pause for Breath

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* Yes, we zoom through Java.  The goal is to teach you the "lab techniques" so that you can then do the "science"
  * Things like the efficient exponentiation procedure and the square root procedure are also part of the "science"
* Today is a pause to give us time to go over recent homework and other issues.
* I have a dentist appointment today, and will therefore need to end office hours at 1:45.
* Homework 7: Approximate string matching.
* Class ends early for Math/CS lunch
* Warning made explicit

Overview:
* Notes on homework 6
* Other related issues

The Homework Assignment

* Write a procedure to compute square roots for BigDecimal values
  * Goals:
    * Translate your double procedure to BigDecimal
    * Add a string to see what's happening
  * Learning goals:
    * Repetition through recursion (or loops)
    * Efficiency of the procedure?
    * Facility with BigDecimal