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- From: kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Balicki (KodaK))
- Subject: Programming styles. was: Re: Phenomena egos??
- Message-ID: <Bxn2yM.BEH@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Summary: Celebrandal still hasn't said anything about the "it" thing.
- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- References: <BxHsJw.81D@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <MKNIP.92Nov11143513@superman.hut.fi> <njale.28.721552562@dhhalden.no>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 05:23:09 GMT
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- Inarticle <njale.28.721552562@dhhalden.no> njale@dhhalden.no (NJAL EIDE) writes:
- >What is the point with every single programmer re-inventing the wheel ? If
- >nobody could take advantage of others expiriences the world would never go
- >forward. It would be very prosperous if everybody had to figure out quick-
- >sort etc. for themselves, or ???
-
- But you must understand the basics first. The quick sort (and a simple-scroll)
- are pretty simple peices of code. It wouldn't be too hard to figure out
- those.
-
- Sure, you could very well just copy someone elses code for a sort or scroll.
- But at SOME point you must decide if following this persons algorythim
- is to your benefit.
-
- Scenario: everybody follows some persons sort routine because everybody
- always has. Somebody sees some persons sort routine can be improved one
- hundred times if they just change it a little, but everybody scoffs
- somebody because somebody's re-inventing the wheel.
-
- But in order to improve it you must understand the simplest elements first.
- (This is why they don't let you just copy those simple programs from someone
- else in your class. :)
-
- (so what if it's a little off topic :)
- >Njaal Eide
-
-
- --Jason Balicki
- kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
-