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- From: glenn@ov.com (Fletcher.Glenn@ov.com)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Are flow charts still used?
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 17:38:43 GMT
- Organization: OpenVision
- Message-ID: <4f5fb3$oll@spanky.pls.ov.com>
- References: <4etj1g$92g@comet.connix.com>
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- In article 92g@comet.connix.com, Scott Hawley <shawley@connix.com> writes:
- >Interesting question, I have been programming for about 17 Years now
- >and have NEVER drew a flowchart except in school, or after the
- >code was written to show how it works, It has never worked for
- >design. I think it could work for High level deging but detail of
- >software changes too much even while designing for a flowchart to
- >be of much use. (IMO).
- >
- >Anybody that has been programming in the "REAL WORLD" use flowcharts?
- >have the helped or just slowed up your work?
- >
-
- Once in a great while, I use mid-level flowcharts to work out the details
- of complicated algorithms before I start to code. This helps me visualize
- what sort of data structures are required, and it helps work out the most
- efficient sequence of operations.
-
- You are right that most of the time you can flowchart in your head to
- work out code before you write it, but sometimes, there are too many
- things to keep track of at one time. If you plunge into coding when
- you don't have a clear idea of the goal, you will either end up
- with spaghetti code, or perhaps having to rewrite the code.
-
- Fletcher.Glenn@ov.com
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