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  2. From: sdms@bnr.ca (Andrew Sterian)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.programming
  4. Subject: Re: Teaching the basics
  5. Message-ID: <13230@bnr-rsc.UUCP>
  6. Date: 21 Aug 92 15:01:23 GMT
  7. References: <ratner.714247759@ficus.cs.ucla.edu> <13226@bnr-rsc.UUCP> <MHCOFFIN.92Aug20162507@tolstoy.uwaterloo.ca>
  8. Sender: news@bnr-rsc.UUCP
  9. Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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  11.  
  12. In article <MHCOFFIN.92Aug20162507@tolstoy.uwaterloo.ca> mhcoffin@tolstoy.uwaterloo.ca (Michael Coffin) writes:
  13. >It is true that if you use a certain amount of discipline and make
  14. >sure that the same prototype appears in both places---by putting it in
  15. >an include file---the compiler will detect the error.  The problem is,
  16. >there isn't any enforcement of this policy.
  17.  
  18. It is the instructor's job to teach this discipline. It is the student's
  19. job to take it to heart. That is education. No amount of compiler-imposed
  20. enforcement of good programming practice will ever match the discipline of
  21. a good programmer.
  22.  
  23. Andrew.
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  27. asterian@bnr.ca                  |
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