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From: miker3@ix.netcom.com (Mike Rubenstein)
Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn
 C or Pascal?]
Date: 1996/08/10
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seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach) wrote:

> In article <01bb8536$892ee260$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com>,
> Tim Behrendsen <tim@airshields.com> wrote:
> >My point is someone who has "vaguely" learned five algorithms has
> >simply memorized them, and learned nothing about the general
> >principles of how algorithms are created.
> 
> Which is exactly what will happen if they code them in assembly; they
> can't possibly be learning how algorithms are created if they start with
> implementing them in a low level language.  Algorithms are generally written
> in natural languages, and written on napkins.

Are you suggesting that the guy who invented the GCD algorithm you
used didn't know assembly language? :-)


Michael M Rubenstein