tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post7402345169516396176..comments2024-03-13T05:26:21.808-04:00Comments on Computer Science Teacher: It’s not lazy – its efficientAlfred Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-69150973372475193282013-03-11T17:57:34.699-04:002013-03-11T17:57:34.699-04:00Laziness (or "conservation of energy for more...Laziness (or "conservation of energy for more important tasks") can drive a person to look harder for patterns, to reduce the number of special cases. It's a critical trait for a programmer! <br /><br />I once had a young student who immediately plunged into coding a bunch of individual cases, without ever stopping to think about how a problem might be summarized. Naturally, when another situation needed to be programmed, he created another line or block of code. He was a hard worker and had a very pleasant attitude -- never whined that something was "too much work" -- but a bit more impatience might have served him very well.Debbie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00750365495430455349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-54414279675001062882013-03-09T16:35:52.603-05:002013-03-09T16:35:52.603-05:00I have the lazy part down pat. Now if I could jus...I have the lazy part down pat. Now if I could just find those easy solutions. Every now and then I work on a Project Euler problem. Usually I have to eventually cheat and Google the answer. There are a lot of really lazy people out there.Garthnoreply@blogger.com