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Laura ([personal profile] kyrielle) wrote2002-04-07 03:45 pm

Some people write code.

I write bugs, then debug until I have something.

Honest to pity....

[identity profile] pheon.livejournal.com 2002-04-07 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Essentially, that is the entire basis of stepwise refinement as a programming process. And it's one that I use, also. I don't think of it as writing bugs, just as "refining" my program. :-)

It took me years to realize two things about me as a developer/programmer/software engineer: I am basically a JOAT (Jack Of All Trades) rather than a specialist; and I am very, very iterative in my approach to all problems. One should not assume that my first response is the correct one.

[identity profile] lanir.livejournal.com 2002-04-08 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
Syntax errors are the reason I don't program. I think I know what I'm doing, I get started, work out all the (relatively) complicated bits, go to compile... and choke. Monkey with the file for an hour or so and then give up in disgust. :)

[identity profile] n5iln.livejournal.com 2002-04-07 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Umm...isn't that how Microsoft develops new releases of IE?