Thursday 7 March 2013

Efficiency / Step tracking

At this point of the course we began, I guess, using math to calculate efficiency of a program. I find this to be the toughest part of the course (though this is slightly tougher than proofs and slightly easier than whatever we are doing next). Any new topic is really just another 'struggle'. Though, struggle is a bad word for it because I still enjoy the course. I find calculating the number of steps confusing but it will come to me with practice. It is rather interesting and, best of all, it really helps me understand how coding works. It also helps me 'imagine' the program, step by step, which is one of my biggest goals for this year. I found the debugger very helpful for this topic. I almost wish I were a debugger, and hopefully I will be one soon enough with a lot and a lot of practice.

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