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"ref": "1985, 1985 Symposium on Logic Programming: July 15-18, 1985; Sheraton Boston Hotel Boston, Mass., IEEE Computer Society Press, page 71",
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"ref": "1989 December, David W. Long, Michael R. Wagner, “Insect Pest Management Expert Systems in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine”, in Multiresource Management of Ponderosa Pine Forests: Nov. 14 - 16, 1989, Flagstaff, Arizona (General Technical Report RM-185), page 260",
"text": "1. The problem is well bounded, 2. There are many empirical if/thens that lead to a correct solution, 3. The total number of if/thens is sufficient to bring you close to a right answer (Mazur 1987).",
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"text": "Many if-thens will degrade vector performance below that of a scalar version that computes only the correct branch.",
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"text": "But I think that the badge system is very motivating, and if one of your goals is to get students to become more proficient in the programming, then this is certainly a way to do that. Because you set not a very high bar toward attaining these things and some of them I think are quite challenging – you know, doing the ones for lists, and the if-thens, and all that.",
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"text": "Many if-thens will degrade vector performance below that of a scalar version that computes only the correct branch.",
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"text": "But I think that the badge system is very motivating, and if one of your goals is to get students to become more proficient in the programming, then this is certainly a way to do that. Because you set not a very high bar toward attaining these things and some of them I think are quite challenging – you know, doing the ones for lists, and the if-thens, and all that.",
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"text": "Have you noticed any similarities between “programming” a mechanical system and writing software? / The logical problems are absolutely the same. In the mechanical and in the computer, there are equivalents of variables and if-thens.",
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