Frederick A. Hosch
Abstract
During the past few years, a growing number of authors have begun to take exception to the previously unquestioned use of flowcharts as a program development tool. These criticisms of the traditional flowcharting methodology center around the claim that flowcharts, like
We are particularly concerned with questions that have been raised regarding the value of flowcharting in introductory programming classes.
The teaching of flowcharting as a developmental tool is extremely widespread indeed.
While the various methods of indicating data flow, document flow, etc., are certainly an important part of program development and documentation, we consider here only conventional “flow of control” flowcharts.
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- Whither flowcharting?
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