On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 08:20:34PM -0400, Jeff Stuart wrote:
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> > Every language has it use, the truly knowledgeable understand when to
> > use each language:)
>
> > Sam
> Amen to that!!! I think that this point and the point about writing GOOD
> algorithms are VERY important ones and I think that it's important that this
> be taught! I'm not sure if it's being taught now in school but in my day
> (GOD I sound old :)) (1987-1991) it wasn't.
You make me sound ancient :-) When I started at the UofM (1971) it was
Fortran 77, Pascal and punch cards. You're right though, not much on
theory, algorithms, style, etc., just dry examples out of text books.
Lot of good any of that does me these days, things like Perl, C, weren't
around (or at least I never heard of them) and not much use for Fortran
or Pascal these days, I guess it was still valuable for the experience
though.
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The more you run over a dog, the flatter it gets.
Mike Hall,
Unix Admin - Rock Island Communications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
System Admin - riverside.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
