I don't usually write pseudo code, but instead draw flow charts because I'm a Expert 60's Programmer I do actually draw flow charts from time to time, since drawing shit out is a great way to get yourself thinking
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Anonymous2009-08-31 0:50
>>8
If the problem is easy then it isn't needed. If the problem is difficult then you should obviously think about what you're doing before you code it. Pseudocode may or may not be part of the thinking part depending on how confident you are.
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Anonymous2009-08-31 6:05
Pseudocode should be executable and FORCEFULLY INDENTED!!!
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Anonymous2009-08-31 6:30
>>11
Just because you have been programming for 60 years doesn't mean what you say is any more valid than everyone else. Also downvoted for misuse of sage.
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Anonymous2009-08-31 6:57
Pseudocode was useful back when languages were significantly harder to read than said pseudocode. It should have gone away when they came up with C.
Flowcharts, on the other hand, are still useful.
>>15 It should have gone away when they came up with C.
Uh, you think C is better than the languages before it? Flowcharts, on the other hand, are still useful.
HIBT?
I find some pseudocode harder to read than actual code. Providing you know the language you're coding in, some of them are so self-documenting and concise that they may be easier to read and write than pseudocode.
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Anonymous2009-08-31 14:41
>>20
FORTRAN had lots of uses back then (there's still high-optimization FORTRAN compilers that beat C compilers, but FORTRAN is used for a small range of specific problems.
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Anonymous2009-08-31 14:46
Look, if you find yourself just writing the program and debugging it into working, then you should think about what you're doing before you code it. Pseudocode helps, but isn't necessary if you're convinced that you know what you're doing.
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Anonymous2009-08-31 16:28
>>25 Pseudocode helps
It doesn't. Diagrams and flowcharts can help, but all pseudocode does is put another layer of translation where it doesn't belong.
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Anonymous2009-08-31 21:09
I am an EXPERT PSEUDOCODE PROGRAMMER. I wrote an ANSI Pseudocode Compiler when I was 12.
Why do you think people learn, use and prefer other languages for most programming tasks except terribly low-level bit-twidling code? Languages like Lisp and Haskell despite knowing C perfectly well?
>>34
I don't know. I honestly can't imagine wanting to use anything other than C. Maybe because those languages are hip and fashionable (the reason 99.99% of humans do anything).
Humans rarely know what they need. Especially ignorant self-assured ones, who strongly believe that they do -- these don't even have a chance to get closer to the truth.
>>44,43,44
You want the buttslash, not the regular slash
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Anonymous2009-09-01 17:44
I've been a pseudocode programmer for 30 years, and I can tell you that if you write code that can be executed by an actual computer, you might as well just give up now.