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Article #620942Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 21:15
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 21:15
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On 2/22/2018 1:19 PM, Peter Flass wrote: > Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote: >> >> [snip...] [snip...] [snip...] >> >> 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. >> > > Sometimes it's fun, or at least satisfying when you get to the "aha > moment." > <joke> Psycho-analysis is a losing situation. You can go through counselling for 20 years and still *not* find the solution to your problems. Or, you can go to counselling for 20 years and *finally* find out what is wrong... then you'll never forgive yourself for all the time you wasted!!! </joke> Debugging can be similar to this. You can work for hours to track down a bug... only to find out that you did something very stupid to cause the problem!!! Most bugs I tracked down... ended up being bone-headed mistakes instead of important conceptual errors in implementing an algorithm. -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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