In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
lostinpython <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It is a homework assignment from a book but not for a class. I'm
>trying to teach my self some basic programming before I have to take it
>in college. If I show enough understanding of the subject, my advisor
>will let me forgo Intro. to Programming and go into Intro. to C++.
>What civil engineers need with all this programming is beyond me. We
>have to learn another language to program our CADD software, which I
>find much easier than this. But needless to say, I'm stumped on this
.
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What's the crack about first place being a paid weekend vacation
in Philadelpha, and second place five days? Without knowledge of
the particulars of your situation, "Intro. to C++" sounds to me
more like punishment than incentive.
And I like C++.
One important instinct for your programming career is sensitivity
to "easier". I strongly suspect, though, that there are real
values in "basic programming" that your "CADD software" has not
yet taught you.
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