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From: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Theory vs. Practice in CS Education
Message-ID: <4994@ae.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 17 Nov 89 14:24:33 GMT
References: <4967@ae.sei.cmu.edu> <1989Nov17.090716.11068@cs.eur.nl>
Reply-To: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
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In article <1989Nov17.090716.11068@cs.eur.nl> Reino de Boer writes:


-Although a compiler course is relevant to software engineers, if only to
-understand more about designing languages and their implementation.
-Didn't someone once say:
-	each program is in fact an interpreter for a language (where the
-	language defines all legal input to the program, and the semantics
-	of the various inputs)
-If noone ever said it, how about your comments ?

I'm sorry -- If this is directed to me, I am unable to answer you as I do
not understand the point you are trying to make.


Rich
-- 
When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers,
you know something about it.
Lord Kelvin						      rsd@sei.cmu.edu
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