Works right the first time! :confused:
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As Murphy said... if it works at the first try... you did it wrong. :rolleyes: ;P :laugh:
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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When you're writing code and you're like, we'll I'll just try this... :~ Write a bunch of code, add a function, etc. Ok, let's try it out... ...then it works!!! What!?! This is why I'll always enjoy software development. Because, every once in a while, I get something to work. :laugh: It's just enough that it keeps leading me on to keep on going. :laugh: :laugh:
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Kschuler wrote:
90% of the time I write a method I forget to write the code that calls it. So I have at least one redo every time. ha.
Haha! I've done that quite a few times too. It's like, "Why isn't that stupid function working? It's not even doing anything". Then :-O "Need to add a call to it."
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"If you get a different error message, you're making progress."
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Surprise-driven development.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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COBOL at least had a cross-reference listing.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Greg Utas wrote:
Of course, it's usually the opposite, at least for me. This'll fix it. [runs test] :mad: WTF!!
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Haha! Yeah, me too. That's why I'm sitting here shocked that it worked. :-D
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You realize that if it ever needs an upgrade ... you'll be unable to touch it just in case ... :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
I once wrote this expert system (in Fortran 77) for flight analysis. It was several thousand lines of code with a built in macro language to define state models and events to detect. It worked pretty much first time and I had 100 engineers using it for years without problems except for adding more features to make things easier to define, etc. I left the company a few years after implementing it but the system ran on and on. After I left they assigned a team of three programmers to update and or rewrite it but they apparently were too scared of breaking it to change anything. They attempted once to modify a small part of it and broke the whole thing - instant rollback time! They did managed to port it - with no code changes - to a newer mainframe but that was it for 20 years! Next time I might do more documentation than auto-generated flowcharts! ;-)
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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When you're writing code and you're like, we'll I'll just try this... :~ Write a bunch of code, add a function, etc. Ok, let's try it out... ...then it works!!! What!?! This is why I'll always enjoy software development. Because, every once in a while, I get something to work. :laugh: It's just enough that it keeps leading me on to keep on going. :laugh: :laugh:
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It's kinda like golf. Frustration, frustration, frustration...then you smoke a 3-wood and really enjoy it again...
agolddog wrote:
It's kinda like golf. Frustration, frustration, frustration...then you smoke a 3-wood and really enjoy it again...
Great comparison. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Really is very similar. Just as you're about to give up on it for life, (and you've thrown a couple clubs into the frog pond) you make a nice shot. "Well, I probably shouldn't quit now." :rolleyes:
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Greg Utas wrote:
Of course, it's usually the opposite, at least for me. This'll fix it. [runs test] :mad: WTF!!
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Haha! Yeah, me too. That's why I'm sitting here shocked that it worked. :-D
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When you're writing code and you're like, we'll I'll just try this... :~ Write a bunch of code, add a function, etc. Ok, let's try it out... ...then it works!!! What!?! This is why I'll always enjoy software development. Because, every once in a while, I get something to work. :laugh: It's just enough that it keeps leading me on to keep on going. :laugh: :laugh:
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That quite possibly, is more help than we were given when first introduced to c++ templates at uni.
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When you're writing code and you're like, we'll I'll just try this... :~ Write a bunch of code, add a function, etc. Ok, let's try it out... ...then it works!!! What!?! This is why I'll always enjoy software development. Because, every once in a while, I get something to work. :laugh: It's just enough that it keeps leading me on to keep on going. :laugh: :laugh:
If it works the first time through, there is definitely something wrong... :)
Steve Naidamast Sr. Software Engineer Black Falcon Software, Inc. blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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If it works the very first time you tried it, then you
definitely got something wrong that will come back and bite you on the ass in a few months.
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englebart wrote:
You forgot to add new tests to cover that code.
Yes, yes, forgot. That's the ticket. Forgot the tests. :laugh: Steve Martin: How many times do we let ourselves get into terrible situations because we don't say, "i forgot"? You Can Be a Millionaire - YouTube[^]
