Re: Where does programming begin?




Alf,

So are you saying that since, in Matlab or Labview, it is the
PROGRAM (called Matlab,Labview) that is making the decision, that
it is NOT programming?

But if we program in C/FORTRAN/ADA/whatever, we are directly
telling the computer what to do... then that is programming?

I am sure someone can argue. IS there relativism buried in this
definition? I am not baiting... I really want to press you so
I understand what the definition is.

tom


On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:

* Tom Impelluso:

Curious to know opinions...

Programming is the art of instructing a computer how to make decisions.

If there are no decisions expressed /at the abstraction level one
employs to instruct the computer/, then there is no programming.

But mostly "programming" is an operatively defined, that you're
programming if you're using what most people agree is a programming
language.

Cheers, & hth.,

- Alf

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