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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer:10937 comp.os.coherent:8943 comp.os.linux:35002 comp.os.mach:2727 comp.os.minix:21846 comp.periphs:3488 comp.unix.bsd:11846 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:2385 comp.os.386bsd.development:482 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!caen!plph From: plph@engin.umich.edu (Mark Montague) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Flowchart symbols (in ASCII) ISO-1028 Date: 19 Apr 1993 20:14:25 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1qv171INN417@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> References: <jmonroyC5pxx0.Axv@netcom.com> <C5qBq9.5D8@sugar.neosoft.com> <1993Apr19.171135.19105@fcom.cc.utah.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: uxup66.engin.umich.edu Keywords: flowchart symbols ISO-1028 In article <1993Apr19.171135.19105@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: > >The two places I have seen flow charts in the real world were to sell IBM >flowcharting forms (like printer spacing charts, except they couldn't >serve a useful purpose in a second life as 1:1.5 scale graph paper) and in >the museum of science and industry. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@icarus.weber.edu There *is* a use for flowcharts: I have found that non-programmers (lawyers, managers, etc...) can read understand them much better than pseudo-code, state machines, and transition diagrams. They look pretty, and they're graphical, so they don't scare the people who wear business suits. I use flowcharts when I want to make a non-programmer understand a algorithm. Mark Montague plph@caen.engin.umich.edu