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From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Looking for a good Ada 95 book
Date: 1996/11/27
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Date: 1996-11-27T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <329BD3A1.1CD7@accessus.net>,
Suzanne B. Zampella <szampell@accessus.net> wrote:

>OK, so teach them the importance of style by making them read and <oh,
>no> manually trace large programs in different styles.  

This is a good idea, but not for intro courses, which was the subject
of all this discussion. Real beginners have enough trouble following
_one_ style, let alone many.

I agree with your suggestion for more advanced courses.

>That has much
>more real world educational value than changing your style in creation. 
>I remember having 3 inches worth of compiler dumped on my desk with only
>one "isn't this neat" comment next to a bubble sort!  I valued comments
>from that day.

But why on earth did that programmer use bubble sort in a compiler?:-)

Mike Feldman