Lecture Notes on 10 Oct 2014

Hailstone Sequence

* Prompt the user to enter two numbers - start_num and end_num

* Check if both numbers are positive and that the end number is
  strictly greater than the start number

* Define three variables - cycle_length, max_length, max_num

* Create the outer loop to go from start number to end number inclusive

* Set cycle_length to be zero

* Create an inner loop to compute the cycle length for that number

* Outside the inner loop check if cycle_length is greater than or equal
  to the max_length. If it is greater or equal then replace max_length
  with cycle_length and max_num with the number in question.

* Outside the outer loop write your result


Instruction Set Architecture of a Processor

* Operate Instructions
  ADD
  SUB
  MULT
  DIV
  NOT
  AND 
  OR

* Data Movement
  LOAD
  STORE

* Control Instructions
  JMP
  BR
  CMP
  RET