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  Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-06 21:16 -0400
    Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2013-05-07 08:50 +0300
      Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2013-05-07 08:52 +0300
        Re: lectures about "programming methodology" Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-05-07 21:34 -0400

#23869 — Re: lectures about "programming methodology"

On 5/6/2013 8:23 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
>> But I have watched only the first lectures so far.
>
>    I just watched another lecture and noticed the following:
>
>    He said something to the effect that the type »int« was there
>    to store an int value. I would say that an int /variable/ is
>    there to store a value, while the /type/ int can also be the
>    type of an expression (like »2«) that is not necessarily
>    stored anywhere at run-time.
>
>    He said that a variable had a name. This is not always true
>    in Java (he referred to Java, since he is exclusively using
>    Java). In Java there also are anonymous variables, like the
>    variables of an array.
>
>    He said that the remainder operator »%« can only be applied
>    to integers. This also is not true in Java IIRC.
>
>    I am actually watching this to learn English pronunciation
>    of programming terms (otherwise, I just would read a text),
>    and what I /did/ like was that for the word »char« he gave
>    the pronunciations of /kA&/ and /kæ&/ (where A is the open
>    back unrounded vowel and & is the schwar), which I also use
>    (/kA&/). Bjarne Stroustrup says it was /tSA&/ (where tS is
>    the voiceless palato-alveolar affricate), well, maybe that
>    is valid for C++ programmers ...

And?

None of these items seems particular relevant for teachings
students programming.

Not at a high school in the middle of nowhere. And not at Harvard.

Arne

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#23881

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:16:16 -0400, /Arne Vajhøj/:

> None of these items seems particular relevant for teachings
> students programming.
>
> Not at a high school in the middle of nowhere. And not at Harvard.

Why was Harvard brought in?  Stefan originally mentioned Standford:

>    I decided to watch lecture videos from the Stanford
>    University...

-- 
Stanimir

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Tue, 07 May 2013 08:50:18 +0300, /Stanimir Stamenkov/:
> Mon, 06 May 2013 21:16:16 -0400, /Arne Vajhøj/:
>
>> None of these items seems particular relevant for teachings
>> students programming.
>>
>> Not at a high school in the middle of nowhere. And not at Harvard.
>
> Why was Harvard brought in?  Stefan originally mentioned Standford:
>
>>    I decided to watch lecture videos from the Stanford
>>    University...

Just saw in another reply it was a mistake.

-- 
Stanimir

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On 5/7/2013 1:52 AM, Stanimir Stamenkov wrote:
> Tue, 07 May 2013 08:50:18 +0300, /Stanimir Stamenkov/:
>> Mon, 06 May 2013 21:16:16 -0400, /Arne Vajhøj/:
>>
>>> None of these items seems particular relevant for teachings
>>> students programming.
>>>
>>> Not at a high school in the middle of nowhere. And not at Harvard.
>>
>> Why was Harvard brought in?  Stefan originally mentioned Standford:
>>
>>>    I decided to watch lecture videos from the Stanford
>>>    University...
>
> Just saw in another reply it was a mistake.

Yep. For some reason I thought it was Harvard.

Arne

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