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Article #620916Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Bob Eager
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:12
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:12
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 15:36:15 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote: > Bob Eager wrote: >> On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 19:29:18 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> 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? >> >> I'll raise you a table of octal values, then GOTO to the start of the >> table for some embedded code! >> > I liked indirection and indexing. BCPL is good at that. In an uncontrolled, unchecked way! -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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