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Article #620917Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:34
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:34
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Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> writes: >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! > How about BLISS?
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