So it's called pseudocode all along. I knew there had to be a name for it somwhere.
John Imbong's List: Programming
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- Start with pseudocode. Pseudocode isn't really a programming language, but it is a way to represent a program in a very English-like way. The most familiar algorithm to you is probably on your shampoo bottle: Lather, rinse, repeat. This is an algorithm. It is understandable by you (the "Computing Agent") and has a finite number of steps. Or does it ...
- The shampoo example isn't a very good algorithm for two reasons: it doesn't have a condition to end on, and it doesn't really tell you what to repeat. Repeat lathering? Or just the rinsing. A better example would be "Step 1 - Lather. Step 2 - Rinse. Step 3 - Repeat steps 1 and 2 and then finish." This is understandable by you, has an end condition (a finite number of steps), and is very explicit.
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``A well-written program is its own heaven; a poorly-written program is its own hell.''
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Thus spake the master programmer:
``Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.''
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