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From: jackson@curium.DEC (SETH JACKSON 297-4751)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: programmer title
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Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 14:00:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 12 14:00:59 1986
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>Most CS programs seem to concentrate on teaching programming  logic  rather
>than  good  programming  practice.  All  you need to do to pass a course is
>turn in projects that work (i.e.:  They generate the requested output  from
>the  given  input and the overworked instructor hasn't got time to find the
>bugs).  They don't have to be maintainable because they're one-shot efforts
>that get trashed at the end of the course.  This attitude just doesn't make
>it in the real world where 70% of the software lifecycle is maintenance.
 
Now just a doggone minute there! I got my CS degree almost 10 years ago,
and even back then, code structure and documentation were 50% of the
grade on any programming project. Of course the instructor was too busy
to look at all that code - that's why he hired student TA's to grade
the programs. The department head frequently consulted with industry,
and he personally taught the how-to-program courses himself, with
emphasis on real-world problems.

Oh, you said *most* CS programs...well, never mind!
--
"We used to play for silver, now we play for life"

				Seth Jackson

Posted:	Wed 12-Feb-1986 13:50 
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