<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">hi Sven<div class="">I see this as key knowledge on HOW to use a programming language to do … etc</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Most students are only exposed to one language at school ….</div><div class="">if you have good digi tech in 7-9 then they will have met at least one other language</div><div class="">THEN they can see that different programming languages will meet different needs better.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">NO single language can meet all needs ( though a compiler meets the programming language but is still limited by the hardware)</div><div class="">NO single hardware can meet all needs</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So where does this go?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">think about all the other languages which you have used on different platforms with different IDEs and each one was used to meet specified needs</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">LISP (now sadly out of fashion) was magnificent. I loved it and its recursive techniques.</div><div class="">Fortran worked really well for math type things</div><div class="">COBOL was useful in business applications. Its limits were shown up by the y2k issue where programs were written in the 60’s and 70’s and were still working ok in the 99’s</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As part of accepting that I am now unemployed (permanently which is effectively retired) I looked back on all of the languages I have learnt (about 25 approx). Many of them only met certain needs and were useless in other contexts. Most i have not used in a long time.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">so, TO ME, this is a given.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The KK is to understand that ONE language can NOT do all things.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So my SAC u3o1 and the SAT are structured around what the language I use in class can do .</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So I emphasise that the SAT (and u3o1) must demonstrate load, save, add, edit, delete, sort, search.</div><div class="">Any client in a business will need ALL of those things.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class="">(Also I did NOT write that KK in the Study Design but I do fully support it.)</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A games writing team will use a seriously different language for its needs.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Apologies for a very long winded reply</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this helps</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Andrew Shortell</div><div class="">(retired and given up on working in a classroom)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 16 Apr 2022, at 2:26 pm, 7 <<a href="mailto:7@7u7.org" class="">7@7u7.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Thanks, Adrian. <div class=""><br class=""><div class="">So how can students prepare for a question based on <b class="">SD U3O1 KK07 - </b><i class="">A programming language as a method for developing working modules that meet specified needs</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Question A3: To what degree is a programming language a method for developing working modules that meet specified needs?</b></div><div class="">A. Not at all</div><div class="">B. It's better than a compiler but worse than an algorithm.</div><div class="">C. Really, quite a lot when you sit down and really think about it.</div><div class="">D. It's more important than <b class="">God</b>.</div><div class="">E. I don't understand the question and there is no "E" option in section A. Give me a mark anyway.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards<br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class=""><b class="">7</b> aka <b class="">Sven</b></i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class="">Not at all mysterious.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 at 13:19, Adrian Janson <<a href="mailto:janson.adrian.a@gmail.com" class="">janson.adrian.a@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi "7",<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You've got to remember that the study design lays out the intentions and content of the course. So this statement is really a fundamental one. Software is developed to meet specified needs (says the teacher). Got it (says their students).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Life's a fillet of fish.... yes it is.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Adrian </div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 1:16 PM 7 <<a href="mailto:7@7u7.org" target="_blank" class="">7@7u7.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Surely <i class="">all</i> software is developed to meet specified needs. <div class="">One does not code a module just in case someone needs it. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So is the answer to SD U3O1 KK07 simply, "<i class="">Yes, it is</i>" ?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 at 12:35, Janene Watt <<a href="mailto:Janene.Watt@education.vic.gov.au" target="_blank" class="">Janene.Watt@education.vic.gov.au</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Candara,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,240)" class="">I would think that this refers to thinks such as a module around internationalisation so that you could customise solutions based on
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