Lecture 6: Solving Problems - Richard Buckland UNSW 2008

[jhamien920]

He is the man dude!

[DroopyDog17]

too much white noise

[StuartLoria]

Great way to teach, teachers should not limit themselves to recite a book or to just assign difficult and lengthy tasks.

[iVenDettta]

that formule is just about priorities, isn't that hard, it's basic math.

[rflejeune]

He's obviously never coded in LISP.

[drzucconi]

Best description I've heard about top-down problem solving.

[halflifeproductionz]

whenever i have a programmer's block i drink some Mother! xD

[LukasNZ69]

man this guy is great. My comp sci course starts next year and i hope my teacher is at least half as good as he is.

[evotech]

Brilliant, I'm going to watch through all of these at work.

[misio129]

shouldnt you....work at work.....wait, what am i saying, learning to program is much more awesome than work, good on you!

[soundofgeek]

I'd prefer not to get into an argument, but I do feel the need to point out that IQ 155 isn't genius-level.

[ItsConcept3D]

It is for some. ; )

[0121ryanh117]

@soundofgeek thats bull, IQ's of over 140 are generally genius.

[soundofgeek]

@0121ryanh117:

en[dot]wikipedia[dot]org/wiki/­IQ_reference_chart gives three different classifications of above-average intelligence ranges. All three agree with my understanding, and all three flatly contradict yours.

[0121ryanh117]

@soundofgeek Ok, I guess you're right, im wrong. I can't argue with evidence...

Really, my only argument was that telling everyone you;'re a genius doesn't sound very intelligent, although, Im sure that he is.

[soundofgeek]

@0121ryanh117:

Looks like we agree after all - claiming to be a genius isn't a particularly wise thing to do, even if the claim is accurate (which I'm not sure of in this case)

[bigurbman]

Does anyone know if there is a way to get to that "Ask Bjorn" page that he referenced at the end of the video for the assignment.

[mocatz187]

The unsw website was removed in early 2009.

It doesn't matter anyway because the "ask bjorn" page was in a restricted (password protected) area.

Use english or spanish because its too tough to find in on viking speak.

Just concentrate on the syntax.

[luckycow1981]

Richard Buckland My most favorite lecturer forever. I still remember you after 8 yrs of time now.

[sspoke]

bottom up is the best way to program. its also called the functional programming style.. the top down easy is called the oop way which I consider stupid.

If you have to be a genius to use bottom up then im a genius rofl

[pikzel]

Bottom up or top down approaches has nothing at all to do with functional programming or object oriented (OO). Get your facts right.

[sspoke]

when u making functions bottom up u are slipping away from functional programming when u making functions from top down u are making classes abstractions and u are following OOP i know my facts they are right.. i been programming since i was 9 yrs old and im 20 now.

[HawttDawgg]

Don't call yourself a genius, Dorky.

I've been studying computer engineering since i was 5 years old

[sspoke]

I am a genius a IQ test proved that I got a IQ of 155 so I have the right to call my self a genius.. I also have a disability with talking cuz my logical side in my brain took and stole more room from my speaking side. I keep trying to look at google etc to find out why my talking not typing is soo horrible. I only remember basic words I cannot say/type hard words speech so whatever being smart like myself comes with this disadvantage and I dont care because being smart is what keeps me going.

[HawttDawgg]

Yea rite...

And also, lets end this.

[alanzeino]

Genius' don't post comments on YouTube.

[sspoke]

i'm sure you would not alanzeino..

famous people even post on youtube.. when they find something worth posting.

[schlengar]

gosh... sspoke, go back and invent strange explanations for magnetism und gravity ;-)

but you are indeed right with your oop - statement, IF you add the word: usually.

[sspoke]

lol schlengar.. I actually hate oop layout.. functional coding is still my hobby and I will always use it.

[0121ryanh117]

@sspoke Telling everyone you are really clever doesnt sound like a very intelligent thing to say to me.

[0121ryanh117]

@HawttDawgg "I've been studying computer engineering since i was 5 years old "

really? Thats sucks. Did you not have a child hood?

[T3HMUFF1NM4N]

Meh

[0121ryanh117]

@sspoke You think OOP is stupid? Genius!