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Article #620966Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 02:12
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 02:12
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On 2/25/2018 12:53 AM, J. Clarke wrote: > On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 23:22:42 -0600, Charles Richmond > <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote: > >> 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 > > Structured programming is not about "solving problems", it is about > avoiding creating unnecessary ones. Anybody who has tried to figure > out what is going on in somebody else long retired's uncommenented > spaghetti APL (you think spaghetti BASIC is bad, you ain't seen > _nothin_ yet) instantly develops a huge appreciation for structured > programming. > Yes, I subscribe to the use of structured code. But the "real Programmers..." article is still tongue-in-cheek funny!!! And it's true that some programmers have a talent *not* easily taught to others... -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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