From: doug@cs.dartmouth.edu (Doug McIlroy)
Subject: [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a user stand point [was dmr note on BSD's sins]
Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 22:02:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201705060202.v4622L1J013430@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2MFq8DWeOZznMxFfmj05YiXdu0SBOb+Zmhm=5pk+=ZoAA@mail.gmail.com>
Clem wrote, "So, I wonder do any of the schools like Darthmouth and the like
teach courses that study 'style' and taste in CS."
Some time around 1970, Bob Rosen instituted a program-reading
course at the University of Iowa, by overt analogy to the
study of literature. Style was certainly a central concern;
I'm not sure about the deeper matter of taste. I'm not aware
of other examples, except perhaps for a collaboration between
Don Kunth and a teachaer of (I think) creative writing--a
course whose content I can't recall.
Doug
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-06 2:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-05-05 15:20 Clem Cole
2017-05-05 15:37 ` Bakul Shah
2017-05-06 2:16 ` Noel Hunt
2017-05-06 2:40 ` Toby Thain
2017-05-06 6:07 ` Bakul Shah
2017-05-06 22:11 ` Steve Johnson
2017-05-06 23:35 ` Larry McVoy
2017-05-07 4:06 ` Dan Cross
2017-05-07 13:49 ` [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a user stand point Michael Kjörling
2017-05-06 2:02 ` Doug McIlroy [this message]
2017-05-06 5:33 ` [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a user stand point [was dmr note on BSD's sins] Steve Johnson
2017-05-06 9:18 ` [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a user stand point Michael Kjörling
2017-05-06 13:09 ` Nemo
2017-05-06 13:44 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-06 14:40 ` Larry McVoy
2017-05-06 15:09 ` [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a Corey Lindsly
2017-05-06 15:20 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-06 15:24 ` Larry McVoy
2017-05-06 15:51 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-06 15:53 ` Larry McVoy
2017-05-06 20:00 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-05-06 21:45 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-07 7:42 ` Stephen Kitt
2017-05-06 15:23 ` ron minnich
2017-05-06 15:44 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-06 18:43 ` [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a user stand point Dave Horsfall
2017-05-06 19:50 ` Bakul Shah
2017-05-07 1:15 ` Warner Losh
2017-05-07 1:42 ` Noel Hunt
2017-05-07 13:54 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-07 14:58 ` arnold
2017-05-07 16:33 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-05-07 15:13 ` Warner Losh
2017-05-06 16:40 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-05-06 14:16 ` [TUHS] The Elements of Programming Style (book) - was Re: Discuss of style and design of computer programs Toby Thain
2017-05-06 13:30 [TUHS] Discuss of style and design of computer programs from a user stand point [was dmr note on BSD's sins] Doug McIlroy
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