NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/edu/1459

Internet Message Format | 1992-09-01 | 1.8 KB

Xref: sparky comp.edu:1459 comp.lang.fortran:3350 comp.lang.misc:2856 comp.arch:9137 sci.math:10819
Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.misc,comp.arch,sci.math
Path: sparky!uunet!panther!mothost!white!sapphire.rtsg.mot.com!declrckd
From: [e-mail] (Dan J. Declerck)
Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail]
Nntp-Posting-Host: marble
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:56:22 GMT
Lines: 21

Some of the students with the highest GPA's could barely get the
projects done to pass the class. Real-world aptitude is sometimes rare
to find.

Another area I find students lacking is in formal large project communication
experience (basically software engineering in large teams). Universities
should teach more software engineering/design engineering.
How this relates to comp.arch is in the process of design where concurrent
engineering can take place.

Maybe some of our esteemed colleagues in the processor design fields can
shed some light as to how much concurrent engineering is done on a project.

A good example would be C compiler developers building code generators while
silicon has not been built. Then to run the compiled code on some sort of
gate-array prototype for conformance testing.
--
=> Dan DeClerck                      |  EMAIL: [e-mail]   <=
=> Motorola Intl Subscriber Group    |                                    <=
=>                                   |  Phone: [phone]             <=
----------------------------------------------------------------------------