Nope I am not in the 9th grade. I am just starting 1st year university/college.
And I am writing a number of emails because I am replying to each of the emails that I received. And I thought that would be the polite thing to do. As people have the taken the time, effort and interest to respond to me, then I should have at least the decency to reply. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Gent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "JDJList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 12:48 AM Subject: [jdjlist] RE: is this the sort of code you deal with "in the real world" ? > Agreed. > > However, I don't think Tim IS a developer. If I understood the thread > correctly, he's a student, young at that, who is contemplating java > programming(development) as a career path? > > Somewhere in the thread I thought I read that he was in the 9th grade. IMO, > At that age the question shouldn't be about what programming language to > use. Focus should be on what basic skill sets do I enjoy and/or have some > proficiency towards. Your comment about whether he should be a devloper or > not was, IMHO, spot-on. > > As I mentioned in an earlier post, PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS are most > important. Once you've disected the problem into implementable pieces the > coding generally follows trivially. Obviously, not all PROGRAMS are simple. > But it is my contention that the actual coding is not the difficult part. > Analyzing the problem and deciding upon a tactical approach to the solution > is, most times, 90% of the effort. > > It appears to me that Tim's statement "I don't know how to solve the > problem!" is NOT the same thing as "I don't know how to code the solution." > > My .02. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:16 AM > To: JDJList > Subject: [jdjlist] RE: is this the sort of code you deal with "in the > real world" ? > > > > ||| IS this the sort of code you deal with in the real world ? > ||| > ||| If so, then my deepest fears really are true -- that java > ||| in the real world > ||| may be a little too difficult for me to handle. > ||| > ||| And that's really concerning. > > Tim ... are you kidding? No seriously ... i am not joking with you here, i > am deeply concerned. > > This code is *NOT* complicated ... and please someone correct me if i am > wrong. I looked through it again just to make sure, but there is nothing > there that should concern any java developer. > > To change your JDJList options, please visit: > http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm > > ______________________________________________ > To change your JDJList options, please visit: > http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm > ______________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm
