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Wandering Logic
Wandering Logic
12:40 PM
I like this:
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Q: Open letter to students with homework problems

MichaelTIt is September once again (today is the 7316th day of September), and once again students are asking their homework problems on Stack Overflow and Programmers.SE. We start seeing questions like: A car dealer has 10 salespersons. Each salesperson keeps track of the number of cars sold each m...

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And particularly this quote:
> ... good questions are timeless. Answering your homework problem is likely not timeless and not a good question. Describe the problem you are having, what your understanding of the problem is and where you are confused. For a question from a student, the best questions are often the ones that are asking how to take a single step in understanding rather than trying to leap all the way to the solution.
 
 
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vzn
vzn
5:36 PM
interesting paper re comparative code analysis just profiled in slashdot
ouch, one big omission: c++
 
vzn
vzn
6:06 PM
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A: How to measure programming language succinctness?

vznthe Rosetta Code repository has been used for a new comprehensive scientific/ academic study of language succinctness among other comparisons of properties. announced at "Analyzing Programming Languages using Rosetta Code" A Comparative Study of Programming Languages in Rosetta Code Nanz/ Furia...

 
 
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Patrick87
Patrick87
10:39 PM
@vzn Yeah, I probably would have gone with C++ over C#, but at least they justify their decision with a methodology. Haven't read TFP but I seem to recall lots of such studies over the years.
 
vzn
vzn
10:59 PM
TFP?
would have liked to see c++ in addition to C#
 

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