Assignment No. 02

Due Date:

Your assignment must be uploaded/submitted before or on 05^th May 2011

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• Assignment should be in .doc format.
• Save your assignment with your ID (e.g. bx020200786.doc).
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• The assignment is submitted after due date.
• The submitted assignment file is corrupted.
• The assignment is copied.

Note:

Your answer must follow the below given specifications. You will be assigned zero marks if you do not follow these instructions.

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 Total Marks = 20

 You are working on a project and you have to decide which language you will select for its development. Let us consider that the same functionality is implemented in Assembly Language and in C++ language. Lines of code in Assembly language are 4 times as compared to C++ language because coding in Assembly is much more difficult and time consuming as compared to C++. The requirements, design and documentation activity in person month are the same in both the languages but integration & testing and Management activity is thrice in assembly language.

 a. You have to fill out the above table according to the given scenario and calculate total effort, total cost, and lines per person month. (10 Marks)

 b. Why coding in Assembly language appears to be more cost effective than C++ while in reality it is not. This is a paradox! Explain. (10 Marks)