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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> |
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| Subject | Re: teaching Java and formal grammars |
| Date | Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:27:50 -0400 |
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On 7/19/2012 10:07 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> writes:
>> I am not sure hours of instruction are the important thing for
>> programming language learning. How much time are the students able and
>> willing to spend outside class?
>
> No time. The classes are visited by employees, pupils, and
> students, who need or want to use the rest of their time
> for their job/life, school, or university. When I tried to
> give homework, it was never done.
That's too bad. Programming is not just an abstract body of
knowledge, a list of facts and theorems. Programming is also a
craft requiring skills, skills that are acquired (and maintained)
by practice. No practice -> no programmer.
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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