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Article #620906Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:37
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:37
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Bob Eager wrote: > On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:39:59 +0000, AndyW wrote: > >> On 22/02/2018 07:54, Charles Richmond wrote: >> >>> Debugging can be challenging, but *not* as repugnant and off-putting as >>> cutting up a human body IMO. Some few actually enjoy debugging... I've >>> not been in that rare company myself. >> >> I have to admit that I find debugging more satisfying than coding. I >> used to gear my coding towards debugging with accessible variables, >> clear structure etc. I was always later than my colleagues finishing the >> coding but usually I was one of the first to complete debuggung and >> testing. > > I once saw a theory that programmers are carelewss with code because they > secretly enjoy the challenge of debugging! Nah. That's boring debugging. > > Python? Try assembly language - or, if you are old enough to remember > BCPL, that's a language where you can store the address of some code in a > label and GOTO somewhere completely different... JMF wanted his business cards to say, "Have EDDT, Will Travel". I put it one his gravestone. If TW, JMF and I had decided to quit DEC the first time TOPS-10 was cancelled, the "Have EDDT.." would have been our motto. /BAH
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