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Discussion on: How To Write Pseudo-code

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codelitically_incorrect • Edited

Why did you bother posting academic pseudo code? It ruins the opportunity to share the article to someone who is learning

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Milecia • Edited

It's just there as another example of what pseudo-code can look like and just how complex it can be if you need it. 🙂

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Claire McCrea

I see both sides here.

I appreciate seeing the more complex side, but complex pseudo-code isn’t the focus of the article, and presenting it as the first example makes the reader think the complex stuff is what pseudo-code -really- is— and that the simpler example is just “dumbed down”.

Maybe it would help if the examples were used in a different way? Like, “pseudo-code can be simple [example] or complex [example], but it’s overall goal is to...”

Thanks for the article! It answered a few questions I had 😊