About programing, a general question

[Parshwa Murdia]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:

The bottom line is that data structures really define how you write
> code. Back in my (ugh) COBOL days, I was told that the bubble sort was
> the best sort. At that time I didn't know much about data structures,
> and even if I did, COBOL is a terrible language for implementing good
> data structures. Later, while working on Unix, C, and
> Run-Time-Libraries, the knowledge of data structures was crucial.
> There are many other things that are important in production code, such
> as trying to use as many standard elements, and not reinventing the wheel.
> But the initial thing is to learn and understand the basic building
> blocks, such as what is a variable, what is a constant. But, without
> taking a formal programming course, you should be able to get this in
> most online tutorials.
>
> --
> Jerry Feldman
>


Oh I see.


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Regards,
Parshwa Murdia
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