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Article #620913Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:29
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:29
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On 2018-02-22, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> 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! > > 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... ALTER ENTER-GOLDILOCKS TO PROCEED TO HASTY-RETREAT. See, you can even do it in COBOL. Who needs assembly language to do instruction modification? -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
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