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| From | "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-x1c-this> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? |
| Message-ID | <50182C7B.55811.calajapr@time.synchro.net> (permalink) |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| References | <50157A40.55508.calajapr@time.synchro.net> |
| Date | 2012-07-31 20:06 +0000 |
| Organization | tds.net |
To: Robert Klemme
From: "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-dpk-this>
To: Robert Klemme
From: "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-rf4-this>
To: Robert Klemme
From: Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:36:59 +0200, Robert Klemme
<shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
>On 27.07.2012 23:11, David Lamb wrote:
>
>> I taught introductory programming for several years in several
>> languages. You don't need to get as complex as backtracking. The natural
>> places to teach recursion to introductory students are with binary tree
>> search and quicksort, both of which can be taught in the first or second
>> 1-semester course.
>
>Right. Although I'd consider Quicksort too complex as an introduction
>to recursion as the algorithms workings are not so easy to grasp and
>would distract from the concept of recursion. Tree search seems to be
What complex? Find the pivot. Sort before the pivot. Sort
after the pivot. Rinse, lather, etc.
>the most appropriate to me. Still, introducing recursion as a concept
>in programming does not belong into class reference documentation. This
>is something for a tutorial or other introductory material.
I agree. Recursion is a standard concept.
Sincerely,
Gene wirchenko
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Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Robert Klemme" <robert.klemme@1:261/38.remove-z1h-this> - 2012-07-28 18:36 +0000
Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-z1h-this> - 2012-07-28 18:36 +0000
Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Robert Klemme" <robert.klemme@1:261/38.remove-5bm-this> - 2012-07-29 18:16 +0000
Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-5bm-this> - 2012-07-29 18:16 +0000
Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "markspace" <markspace@1:261/38.remove-5bm-this> - 2012-07-29 18:16 +0000
Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "David Lamb" <david.lamb@1:261/38.remove-5bm-this> - 2012-07-29 18:16 +0000
Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Robert Klemme" <robert.klemme@1:261/38.remove-5bm-this> - 2012-07-29 18:16 +0000
Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-pvc-this> - 2012-07-29 19:19 +0000
Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-x1c-this> - 2012-07-31 20:06 +0000
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