''' Purpose:  demonstrate program user communication
    Author:   Jim Cohoon
    Email id: jpc
'''

# Send message to program user <-- single line comment (python will ignore this)
print( "can't" , "touch", "this" ) # This prints a literal

# If you want to display a string of characters, you must put them in quotes (double or single, doesn't matter)

# Cohoon rule: don't put operations inside of print statements

# Algorithm - a solution to a problem
# Properties:
#       Must be able to communicate it in its entirety (must not be infinite)
#       Must be deterministic (no ambiguity on what should take place) same input -> same output
#       Must be doable (it should run in finite time)

# A program is an algorithm written in a certain language, like Python.

# Syntax rule - describes what is legal code
#       Certain words are special
#       Every statement (by default) starts in column one (like where the p is in the print statement)

# Print statements print things to the console. Whoever is running your program can then see something from your program
# print() is a builtin function that python provides
# Function - block of code that takes some arguments to perform its task. print() is an example, what you put in the
# parentheses is what will be printed

# If you're wondering what will happen if you run something, run it! If you still don't get it, then ask a question