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Thinking: theory and practice
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1. Thinking: theory and practice
Thinking about problems can involve a trade-off between theory and practice.
2. Course
Here are two upper-level courses: These are essentially the same course with a slight shift in emphasis.
3. Theory and practice
An interesting remark attributed to Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut is as follows.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.

Overheard in computer sciences for years before attributed.

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4. Theory and practice
Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time. Linus Torvalds (Finnish-American software engineer who created what is called Linux)

This usually means that a new theory is needed that takes into account the differences.

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5. How it is really done

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In the real world, things seldom go as planned.

This is especially true when humans and committees get involved in what one would think is a simple matter.

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6. Survey of the land
As installed at the user's siteA previous page looked at How it is really done to see how even a simple idea can go through committees, programmers, etc., and have a result different than what was anticipated.

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