tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post7166652383559004675..comments2023-10-29T10:40:34.638-04:00Comments on A CS Professor's blog: Teenagers, programming, constantsClaire Mathieuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-51677655623777142272011-09-12T14:06:48.948-04:002011-09-12T14:06:48.948-04:00In fact the questions are very good because they w...In fact the questions are very good because they will get the idea that one can treat programs as text and this is very useful in theory of computation and parsing etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-90937312633605179252011-09-12T12:13:06.469-04:002011-09-12T12:13:06.469-04:00Great question. It just goes to show how uncomfort...Great question. It just goes to show how uncomfortable most students are with Math, that I have never had questions of that type when teaching big-ohs. Great idea. I will try to make that happen next semester!Claire Mathieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-16688006939653901562011-09-12T10:54:41.164-04:002011-09-12T10:54:41.164-04:00Makes one wonder how they would push the limits if...Makes one wonder how they would push the limits if we told them they could hide constants in the O-notation. :-)Johnhttp://www.ics.uci.edu/~jea/noreply@blogger.com