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- From: bjarnir@centrum.is (Bjarni Ragnarsson)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Theory
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 12:21:53 GMT
- Organization: BR Software
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- References: <1996Apr9.185934@winnie>
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- In article <1996Apr9.185934@winnie>, zhou@wmich.edu says:
- >
- > I am fairly new to programming and I was just wondering: how
- >important is computer SCIENCE(ie, the theory, stuff like trees, priority
- >queues, quicksort, AVL trees, etc) to industry? I mean, I know it has to
- >have some applications, but how often do pro programmers(say, working for
- >Microsoft or such) resort to theory?
- > -Hanson
- >
-
- This is not just 'theory'. These are among other things the most vital parts of
- computer programming. Excel, PowerPoint, Access and I guess most programs
- from Microsoft are stuffed with these things.
- It is (to my opinion) only in higher level languages you can avoid these basics......
- much of the time anyway.
-
- Bjarni Ragnarsson
- bjarnir@centrum.is
-