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- From: kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.X. Saunders )
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- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
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- Date: 3 Sep 92 17:40:29 GMT
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- In article <Btwnr3.4AB@encore.com> epeterso@fenix.encore.com (Eric Peterson) writes:
- >In article <BtwJGC.1F1@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles Blair) writes:
- >> I do not see why somebody intending to programming work, even in a real
- >>world setting, needs two semesters of lab science.
- >
- >Because most of what your average programmer does during the course of
- >development (software engineering principles aside) is experimentation.
- >You formulate and test hypotheses about what is going on inside of a
- >complex hardware/software system all the time. You have to be able to
- >interact with the real world when theory breaks down (ie, "The man page
- >[or standard] says it should do this, but it doesn't! Why?!").
-
- It's called problem solving. Two semesters of lab courses isn't going
- to teach it. And if you don't have decent problem solving skills from the
- start, you might try something other than programming.
-
- - Kyle
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