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Article #620989Re: Computer science hot major in college (article)
From: Dan Espen
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 13:50
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 13:50
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Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes: > Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: >> On 2018-02-24, Walter Bushell <pr...@panix.com> wrote: >>> Mike Causer <m.r.c...@gogglemail.com> wrote: >>>> On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:50:54 -0800 (PST) >>>> hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >>> >>>>> I've never heard of a lousy programmer being promoted. Usually, >>>>> the bad ones are fired or at best, shunted aside where they could >>>>> do the least damage. >>> >>>> Internally thought to be Documentation. Effect for the customers >>>> though? >>> >>> >>>> Mike >>> >>> No matter, all documentation is horrid. >> >> Care to elaborate? > > Ever tried to write documentation? It's hard to get it right. Lots and lots. I actually enjoy it as it helps me clarify the code I'm writing and be sure I test all the features. I would often write something up about system function then try to figure out a test that would verify the function, then include test results in the documentation as an example. Writing CSS that showed the results as if it was a screen display or printed results just added to the fun. For printed results, I used a tiled image of green and white that looked just like green bar paper. The screen displays had a rounded border just like older display tubes. -- Dan Espen
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