- Who is a programmer? - Can you explain more?

- How can I make a sharp

knife?!
- A programmer is someone -OK my friend! An algorithm
who can use a computer to is a solution you do it in the -Excellent! You should learn
solve his problem! In other real world to solve a some texts in programming
word a programmer can problem, but computer tools (PT).
speak with a computer and doesn’t understand it!
- PT?! What is it?
teach it how to solve some Because it isn’t a mankind!
kinds of problems. -Good question! Each
So you need a PL to teach an
engineer has some tools. For
- Why should we learn algorithm to a computer!
example some tools for an
programming?
- What is a good algorithm? electrician engineer are
- All of us most (yes most!) ohm-meter, volt-meter,
-"A good algorithm is like a
be a programmer because solder & tin… and also a
sharp knife - it does exactly
there is too many terrible computer engineer has
what it is supposed to do
problem (!) in our pro life some tools called PT.
with a minimum amount of
which can easily solve by a
applied effort. Using the The PT is something
(Quick Reference) computer.
wrong algorithm to solve a combined from math and
By: Sina Hatef - How can we teach problem is trying to cut a programming techniques.
something to a computer? steak with a screwdriver: you
Weblog: PT shows you how to model
may eventually get a
SundanCe.blogfa.com - We need an ALGORITHM a mankind-solution for a
digestible result, but you will
E-mail: and a Programming computer.
expend considerable more
[email protected] Language (PL).
effort than necessary, and And … Let’s see the next
Date:
the result is Unlikely to be page!
09 – Dec – 2008
aesthetically pleasing. "
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Other references:
C / C++ / C# / Java - The Art of Programming - An Introduction to
Basic / Pascal
- Programming Challenges Contests Algorithms (CLRS)
(ISBN: 0-387-00163-8) (ISBN: 984-32-3382-4) (ISBN: 0-262-03293-7)
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