Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!rutgers!columbia!cunixc!fuat From: fuat@cunixc.columbia.edu (Fuat C. Baran) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: a point to ponder Message-ID: <781@cunixc.columbia.edu> Date: 7 Jul 88 19:47:35 GMT References: <82400008@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <2103@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: fuat@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Fuat C. Baran) Organization: Columbia University Center for Computing Activities Lines: 19 In article <2103@boulder.Colorado.EDU> cdash@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Charles Shub) writes: >And because of the turnaround, we wrote programs differently than we do now. >We would find the errors instead of letting the compiler do it. Is the change >in how we write and debug code for the better or the worse ? Why ? For the better! We're not here to serve the computer (i.e. submit perfect morsels of code), but the other way around. The computer should serve us to the best of its ability. This involves letting the compiler find the errors and allowing us to fix them interactively. Why waste human time coding, pretending to be a compiler, having cards punched, verified, submitted, etc. when computer time is cheaper? --Fuat -- ARPANET: fuat@columbia.edu U.S. MAIL: Columbia University BITNET: fuat@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu Center for Computing Activities USENET: ...!rutgers!columbia!cunixc!fuat 712 Watson Labs, 612 W115th St. PHONE: (212) 280-5128 New York, NY 10025