1. Look at the ASCII chart in Appendix A on the CD that accompanies this book and determine the codes for each letter of your first name. 2. Use the Web to research the history of the BASIC, C++,...

1. Look at the ASCII chart in Appendix A on the CD that accompanies this book and determine the codes for each letter of your first name.

2. Use the Web to research the history of the BASIC, C++, Java, and Python programming languages, and answer the following questions: ● Who was the creator of each of these languages? ● When was each of these languages created? ● Was there a specific motivation behind the creation of these languages? If so, what was it?