[Year 12 SofDev] Pseudocode standards

[Mark KELLY]

Hi Alan. I agree with you.  Pseudocode needs to be easy to interpret
(which is partly why I think showing assignment with <-- is not a good
idea).
But to make pseudocode more concise, I'd like some higher-order
constructs.  At the moment we're basically using flowchart-level
structures whereas we could step up to the more elegant basic N-S
shapes.

Cheers
Mark

On 19 May 2011 11:35, Allan Barnes <abarnes at aiet.com.au> wrote:
> In my opinion pseudocode serves two purposes - it serves to demonstrate to
> fellow programmers the intent of my program, and it also serves to
> demonstrate to the user what the program will basically do. It is in essence
> an English-ised version of the code. It doesn't need to have a specific
> structure or construct because it is not code and does not need to be
> universal. It is there to communicate to people who don't want to read the
> lines of code written in code what the program will do, so it has a purpose,
> but a limited and defined purpose.
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> Of course I did my post-grad study some years back now so the programming
> environment has changed a lot, but I think pseudocode still has a purpose.
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> On 18 May 2011 11:16, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>> Hi Claudia and all
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>> Is there any news on what pseudocode we can expect to be "standard" in SD
>> exams?  Until recently there wasn't even a FOR structure in pseudocode,
> but
>> it's there now (Q4 in the sample questions) - a good move.
>> What other structures and syntaxes does VCAA consider appropriate?
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McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
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