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Re: Are there GOTO statements in NQC?
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 21 Nov 2003 03:24:12 GMT
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Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.^NoMoreSpam^ssz.com>
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, T. Alexander Popiel wrote:
> The use of goto is irrelevant to structured programming; instead,
> structured programming is about forming your code to conform to
> abstract structures, such as loops, data manipulations, etc.
Um, not exactly. Structured programming is about taking a high level
problem, breaking it down into logically related modules (using as much
reuse as possible) and then breaking those modules down as well, and so
on. It's about being cognizent of not only the structure of the program
but of the data and how it's structured.
There are three levels to all problems/solutions: Strategic, Operational,
Tactical
Strategic in structured programming is understanding the problem to a low
level of detail -in principle-.
Operational is about how one arranges that detail into usable blocks of
code, in other words understanding what the machine and language are
capable of. This level involves the conversion of principle into modules,
routines, sub-routines.
Tactical is the actual writing of the code using structures that are
available in the given language and managing the data conversion this
implies.
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