[Technical] Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind?

[Jim Maunder]

At 04:13 PM 27/10/2005, you wrote:
>On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 03:53:56PM +1000, Jim Maunder wrote:
>
>...
>
> > So your problem as chalkies is how to teach
> > programming as a field of study when the
> > discipline of code cutting is no longer required
> > in the real world. My thoughts on this is that
>
>This is in fact not quite correct.
>
>Code cutting, debugging and code maintenance are very important in the
>programming sphere ;-)

Which is why I said it is important for students to learn the basics 
first. Maybe I rwote it clusmy.

Later I was thinking about the engine driver analogy - steam drivers 
had to have a good knowledge of how the engine worked - how to lay 
the fire, how to maintain the fire, how to anticipate loads and 
gradients and to ensure that the fire and boiler had enough 
'potential energy' in reserve for the road ahead. The diesel driver 
did not need such an intimate knowledge of his engine, and most of 
the knowledge he might have had about steam did not apply to his new tool.



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