Since I Get the list in digest, I'm just going to plug a lot of
responses on this thread together.
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 05:19:40 -0700
>From: "Tom Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >
> > For those of you who are doing programming-type stuff without a CS
> > degree. How did you learn programming logic? (Or did you?)
>
>You mean you can't learn logic, problem solving, project management
>outside of a CS course?
No, that isn't what I mean at all. However, I did learn programming
logic in a CS course. I'm wondering how other people learned it.
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:31:37 -0400
>From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>My degree was in English, but I had started out in CS, so I got a minor in
>CS and picked up all the low level logic, data structures, etc. type
>classes. My only regret is that when I started college, they were still
>using Modula2 as the language of choice. Right after I switched to English
>they started using C++.
I think that a lot of curriculums focus on teaching a language, without
teaching those underlying skills, such as logic and data structure.
>Computer sciences do not have a lock on teaching logic. In actuality, I
>believe that most Computer sciences are fairly latecomers as far as
>teaching logic is concerned. Philosophy immediately comes to mind in that
>respect. 'Programming logic' per se is simply the application of a logical
>process applied to the act of programming. I have seen some students of CS
>degree studies who couldn't 'logic' their way out of a paper bag....or have
>the sense to turn around to exit said paper bag.
>
>As far as I'm concerned, pure logic, untempered by intuitive leaps, is a
>cold thing. Why be pedantic, when one can make intuitive leaps and
>accomplish the same results?
>
>Besides which, just because I don't have a CS degree, doesn't mean that I
>can't learn 'programming logic' - that is a learned ability.
As I meant to say before, I was interested in how you learned it. Not
necessarily straight logic, but programming concepts like stacks, queues,
and sorting algorithms (for example).
I also have met CS students who couldn't logic their way out of a paper
bag.
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:49:17 -0500
>From: Nathan Stanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Long Story Reply - RE: For those of you without a CS Degree
>Message-ID: <31D979D84265D311B5E700105A29944C784721@NTEXCHANGE>
>
>I agree it is bad to send several old messages... I agree I have seen some
>bad code...
>
>However be careful that you yourself don't get looked at as snooty.
Too late, although that wasn't my intention.
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