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- From: jtbell@presby.edu (Jon Bell)
- Subject: Re: Newbie Wants To Know If He Nants To Be A Newbie
- Message-ID: <DoFAKD.C8H@presby.edu>
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:43:24 GMT
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- Organization: Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina USA
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- John Lockwood <javaprog@best.com> wrote:
- >As for math, no, I wouldn't say it's necessary, but the same sort of
- >logical thinking that underpins mathematics is.
-
- Or to put it another way, if you hated word problems in math or physics,
- you'll probably hate programming once you get to the point of trying to
- write programs to solve real problems. Solving word problems and being a
- good programmer both require the ability to understand a problem and
- invent a method for solving it.
-
- In many companies, the programming process is divided up: some people
- (the "analysts" and/or "designers") do the real problem-solving, while
- others (the "coders" or "programmers") write the code according to
- specifications, and test it. Guess which ones make more money?
-
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- Jon Bell <jtbell@presby.edu> Presbyterian College
- Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA
-