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Article #620953Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 05:22
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 05:22
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On 2/23/2018 4:15 PM, Bob Eager wrote: > 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. > If you have *not* read "Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal", you really need to read it. "Any Real Programmer will tell you that all the Structured Coding in the world won't help you solve a problem like that -- it takes actual talent." http://web.mit.edu/humor/Computers/real.programmers -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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