Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!codas!abcom!rgsmeb From: rgsmeb@abcom.ATT.COM (Michel Behna) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: What is CS? (Was re First languages) Message-ID: <614@abcom.ATT.COM> Date: 3 Apr 88 00:42:09 GMT References: <906@gmu90x.UUCP> Organization: Who? What? Where? ... Lines: 20 From article <906@gmu90x.UUCP>, by dstalder@gmu90x.UUCP (Darren Stalder): > A college professor and I were talking about what should really be > taught in a programming course to prepare them for the real world. You forgot the most realistic one: Find a job. Get along with your peers and boss. Get a promotion. Have a family. Raise your kids. And die! But seriously, Figure out what the user wants in H/W and S/W. Present a complete argument for your solution. Spec it out and have the user sign-off on it. Start design and analysis. User changes his mind and start all over again. Implement this and test. Install at user site. All this was to be done last year, and for $100.00.... -- Michel Behna "Unix is unique!" rgsmeb@abcom.att.com {ncsc5,codas}!abcom!rgsmeb