On Thu 04 Nov 2004 at 18:44:41, Sasha Pachev said: > Well, it is about the same way with programming. This is one of those > things that are nearly impossible to teach in a lecture. Some philosophy of > programming can be, but unless you already know how to program, the > philosophy will go in one ear and out of the other. If you want to learn > the skill, follow the car mechanic's path.
Your point is well taken. Nevertheless, it would be easier to learn to be a mechanic if you had time regularly scheduled with a mechanic who was trained to teach his art, in which you spent time with him actually taking cars apart under his supervision. That's the purpose of the class. Incidentally, I did get an email back from Dr. Martinez. He said that an introductory programming class is something that's been in the works for a while, but is currently stalled because of limited staff (I don't imagine it's a top priority class anyway). Hopefully it will get off the ground sometime in the not-so-distant future. -- Soren Harward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://theboard.byu.edu/ "Americans are always attempting to run away from conformity, but unfortunately they always start running in the same direction." -- Art Buchwald
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