Go rant

dsimcha dsimcha at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 27 06:36:57 PST 2009


== Quote from Walter Bright (newshound1 at digitalmars.com)'s article
> Don wrote:
> > I'd say it's easier. If you watch someone sorting some cards, they'll
> > use either insertion sort or selection sort. Nobody should have ever
> > heard of bubble sort, I'm pleased to hear some schools aren't mentioning
> > it. Such a foolish algorithm.
> I suppose I'm alone in thinking that engineering school should also
> cover designs that don't work and explain why!

Yes, the same way programmers discuss anti-patterns.  If it's a bad idea **but
occurs frequently in the real world** then it should be pointed out for explaining
to people why it's a bad idea, because obviously there are plenty of people that
aren't getting it.



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