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From: rav@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au (++           robin)
Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?
Date: 1996/07/25
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Date: 1996-07-25T00:00:00+00:00
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	Crash <wakko@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us> writes:

	>An algorithm is just a set of instructions on how to accomplish a task. An
	>algorithm does not depend at all on any sort of programming "language". In
	>fact, I was taught that you should write out your "game plan" and psuedo
	>code before you even touch any sort of syntax in any language. Yes, I do
	>tend to write up my psuedo-code in a C-like syntax frequently but you
	>don't need to.

	>     Loop until variable is equal to 7
	>	Add 1 to variable
	>	Print out the following string to screen: ;-)
	>	end of loop

	>There's an algorithm written in plain english.

---To be an algorithm, it must be definite.  This one isn't.
The variable "variable" is never initialized.

	 It's a stupid algorithm,
	>I'll give you that, but one none the less and it's not written in any
	>programming "lanugage/syntax" I have ever worked with.