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Article #620952Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Bob Eager
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:15
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:15
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:55:33 -0800, hancock4 wrote: > On Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 8:03:12 PM UTC-5, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> And, of course, after slaving over it for hours, a co worker walking by >> will spot it instantly. > > Oh yes, so true! Been there, done that on both sides many times (helped > someone passing by their desk, and was helped by someone passing by me.) > > Amazing how much a fresh pair of eyes can see. Best one was passing someone on the stairs when I was a graduate student. He was porting a particular program to thePDP-8, and mentioned that it was all fine, except that one component misbehaved in a particular way after a previous error message had been issued. I said "Ah, you're overwriting the third word up in (mumble) data structure at the base of the stack". And so it was. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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