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could be... they made me programa python on paper.
for introduction to programming, basically you had to try to run the program on your head lmao.
I've had multiple classes that required writing code by hand. Not that big of a deal imo.
And before you ask, the first was Intro to C (in which the teacher ironically always wrote the problems in C++) and the second was Applied Numerical Methods
I visited India in the early '90s and I was surprised to find there a small software shop that had five programmers and one PC. They would write their code (in TurboBasic lol) on paper and then take turns typing it into the computer and running it.
I did the same thing at the start of my own programming career ... only with punchcards instead of pencil and paper.
Yeah I did this with C and it was stressful, but the marks are usually graded more leniently if its clear you just got a function name mixed up for example.
"Open book" or internet tests or tests you wrote at home were much harder because they know you have all the resources
It sounds silly but "running the program from your head" is a super important skill as a programmer. It's what you do when you read and try to understand other people's code.
idunno man I'm studying mech eng... still a lot of fun that class ngl, I once was taking an engineering nap at the library, and while I was in the stupor just before asleep, it came to me the answer to a extra point question the teacher had given, one that was supposed to be in the exam but they took it out because they tought it was too hard.
Damn I felt smart for a brief second there, never in my life had I felt smarter lol.
yeah i enjoyed that class, but i can't imagine myself workig as a CompSci/eng/programmer, I found that is just too much brute force for my taste, is just not that elegant.