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From: jjd@wlcrjs.UUCP (Joe Durnavich)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: C Programming Style -- New thought  ("writing code")
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Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 18:25:49 EDT
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>> General question: does anybody "write code" on paper first any more?
>>
>Yes.  I prefer to, because it matches the way I think better...
>Additionally, once I have typed something in, I am more comfortable
>staring at hardcopy than a terminal screen. 

Personally, I feel that writing code on paper first is like writing
a letter on paper and then typing it into a word processor: a duplication
of effort.  I always argued with my teachers in school that the time
spent writing out the program (in addition to the typed in one) would 
be much better spent learning better structure techniques, new algorithms, etc.

					Joe Durnavich
					ihnp4!wlcrjs!jjd

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