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Which programming task do you hate most?

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  • T Tomasz Sowinski

    Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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    Alvaro Mendez
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    Finding/fixing a problem in somebody else's code. X| Regards, Alvaro

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      Finding/fixing a problem in somebody else's code. X| Regards, Alvaro

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      Jim A Johnson
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      Finding and fixing a fundamental design error in someone else's code!

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      • T Tomasz Sowinski

        Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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        Cathy
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        Building the installation program and then testing it on all the different versions of Windows, with and without IE, Outlook, etc. (we need an icon here for sleeping)

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        • T Tomasz Sowinski

          Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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          Stan Shannon
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          Developing a complex but poorly defined UI for a large, diverse, demanding, opinionated user community. "I never met anyone I didn't like" Will Rogers.

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          • T Tomasz Sowinski

            Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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            Lost User
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            I hate building user interfaces, but I have to do them also. - Thomas

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            • T Tomasz Sowinski

              Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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              Stuart van Weele
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              Being buried in paperwork because ISO900 / CMM5 / GLP / Quality-Standard-Of-The-Day requires a complete paper trail of everything you did, or thought about doing, ever.

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              • T Tomasz Sowinski

                Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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                Eric Sanchez
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                Debugging is what i hate most. Sometimes you have done all the work on the project you are working on and there is a small bug lurking behind the code. I've spent hours trying to figure out why something is not working and then find out that i forgot to use == instead of = in an if statement. Drives me crazy.

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                  Debugging is what i hate most. Sometimes you have done all the work on the project you are working on and there is a small bug lurking behind the code. I've spent hours trying to figure out why something is not working and then find out that i forgot to use == instead of = in an if statement. Drives me crazy.

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                  Jim A Johnson
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                  The solution for that one is trivial! #pragma warning(error : 4706) // Assignment in conditional

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                    The solution for that one is trivial! #pragma warning(error : 4706) // Assignment in conditional

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                    Christian Graus
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                    Better yet, treat ALL warnings as errors. I have NO warnings in my code, when I started here the project had something like 250. I spent a lot of my own time fixing that, because I couldn't convince the boss it was a problem ( the program compiles, it works &tc ). But VC++ doesn't ALWAYS warn you when you've made the ==/= mistake, because I still find at times I spend an hour looking for it. Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.

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                      Building the installation program and then testing it on all the different versions of Windows, with and without IE, Outlook, etc. (we need an icon here for sleeping)

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                      Christian Graus
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                      I'm with you there - when install time comes here, we all fight over it ( you do it, no YOU do it ). The other one for me was printing code. Being the only non-3D guy here ( just never had time to learn it ), I do all the other stuff, and that included printing. Weeks of printouts and the boss saying stuff like "Increase the resolution" and "The aspect ratio isn't quite right, is it ?". We were printing from Direct3D, so increasing the resolution wasn't as dumb a request as it sounds. Christian As I learn the innermost secrets of the around me, they reward me in many ways to keep quiet. Men with pierced ears are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought Jewellery.

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                        Debugging is what i hate most. Sometimes you have done all the work on the project you are working on and there is a small bug lurking behind the code. I've spent hours trying to figure out why something is not working and then find out that i forgot to use == instead of = in an if statement. Drives me crazy.

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                        Jon Sagara
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                        The best way to minimize that bug is to put constants on the LHS of the == operator:if ( MY_CONST == nSomeVar ) ...
                        Since you can't assign a value to a constant, the compiler will puke when you try to build. Jon Sagara Sagara Software

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                        • T Tomasz Sowinski

                          Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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                          Anders Molin
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                          In one word: WebDevelopment (ASP/HTML), just hate it. - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

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                            Finding and fixing a fundamental design error in someone else's code!

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                            Farhan Noor Qureshi
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                            DITTO!!! and on top of that you come across really bizarre code like,

                            try
                            {
                            // do some stuff
                            }
                            catch (ExceptionTypeA* pEx)
                            {
                            throw new ExceptionTypeB(pEx->GetMessage()); // X|
                            }

                            Also, I find a lot of code written by some body else that crashes *inside* catch block. X| :) ;) ;P :-D :cool: Farhan Noor Qureshi

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                              In one word: WebDevelopment (ASP/HTML), just hate it. - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

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                              Farhan Noor Qureshi
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                              And making HTML look/work the same on Netscape X| (a.k.a. Cross browser coding) :) ;) ;P :-D :cool: Farhan Noor Qureshi

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                              • T Tomasz Sowinski

                                Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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                                Masaaki Onishi
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                                Hello, the codegurus around the world.;) I fixed a couple of bugs which Sr. developer (15-20 years exp) can't fix.:(( :(( In fact, my company never asked me to fix these bugs, but unless I try to fix these bugs, I can't complete my project.:(( So far, I feel that I'm lucky.:rolleyes: Have a nice day!

                                -Masaaki Onishi-

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                                  And making HTML look/work the same on Netscape X| (a.k.a. Cross browser coding) :) ;) ;P :-D :cool: Farhan Noor Qureshi

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                                  Eric Sanchez
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                                  True, couldn't agree more.:)

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                                  • T Tomasz Sowinski

                                    Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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                                    Franky Braem
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                                    Planning, Planning, ... And tell my boss how much time I need

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                                      Finding and fixing a fundamental design error in someone else's code!

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                                      markkuk
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                                      Working on someone else's code which contains fundamental design errors that you aren't allowed to fix!

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                                        Working on someone else's code which contains fundamental design errors that you aren't allowed to fix!

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                                        NormDroid
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                                        I guess your a contractor, or a permie looking at a contractors code :) Norm

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                                        • T Tomasz Sowinski

                                          Which programming task do you hate most? Debugging multithreaded programs? Ensuring that program runs on all Windows versions? Database access? Image processing? Parsing text files? Network stuff? Error handling? Talking to middle-level managers doesn't count :-D Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

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                                          Paul Watson
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                                          Making HTML cross browser and cross platform compliant i.e. Netscape. My other pet hate is extending other peoples code. Everyone has their own style of coding and it can be a nightmare. OF course I am sure other people hate extending my code too :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible." - Chretien Malesherbes

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