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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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    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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    • F Farhan Noor Qureshi

      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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              • 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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                Daniel Turini
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                Everything that is close to programming but is not programming. Documenting, time & cost estimates, managing a group of programmers, charging customers. Everything else is fun. :cool: Furor fit laesa saepius patientia

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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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                  GogglesPisano
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                  Time and cost estimates -- nothing frightens me more than when my manager walks into my office and begins his sentence with "Um, how hard would it be...".:eek:

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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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                    Michael P Butler
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                    I hate the actual typing in of the code. I love the design and specification side of it and working out classes and objects etc. I really hate the typing of the code, especially if it is boring stuff like read data from a recordset or setting the columns of a list control. Luckily I'm starting to build up a good library of code and templates help a great deal too. I just hate the typing :-) Michael :-)

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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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                      Steven Hicks n 1
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                      I can not stand debugging one of my programs when it works on my comp, but it doesn't work correctly on someone else's. Visit Ltpb.8m.com Surf the web faster than ever: http://www.404Browser.com

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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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                        John Fisher
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                        I like most parts of programming (since solving problems is the whole reason I like it). However, I really don't like the times where I'm told to write such-and-such an application, but finding out how it's supposed to look and behave is worse than pulling teeth with scotch tape. When that happens, I generally have to scrap a bunch of code and re-write it later since I didn't know about one "little" thing it needed to do. John

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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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                          Jarek G
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                          Well how about this! Correcting tests for 40 students "code written down on paper" X| Explaining the same stuff over and over again :eek: Grading projects :confused: "Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited while imagination embraces the entire world." -Albert Einstein

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                          • E Eric Sanchez

                            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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                            Djibril
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                            That's right. But I took a habit that helps from making such an error: int i; if ( 0 == i ) { // do some stuff } By mistake, if you type "if ( 0 = i )", it won't compile. Where there is a WISH, there is a WILL.

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                            • F Franky Braem

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

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                              Djibril
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                              Oh I hate this. I hate planning and telling how much time I need. Where there is a WISH, there is a WILL.

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                              • D Daniel Turini

                                Everything that is close to programming but is not programming. Documenting, time & cost estimates, managing a group of programmers, charging customers. Everything else is fun. :cool: Furor fit laesa saepius patientia

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                                Djibril
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                                say it again ! :( Where there is a WISH, there is a WILL.

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                                • E Eric Sanchez

                                  True, couldn't agree more.:)

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                                  George Chastain
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                                  You would think that SOMEDAY they all might reach a point of fully supporting some standards so cross-browser development wouldn't be such a B-I itch. :) Then, there is that ever present worry of, "well, all of my target audience may not have the latest browser anyway." WillCodeForMoney

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                                  • D Daniel Turini

                                    Everything that is close to programming but is not programming. Documenting, time & cost estimates, managing a group of programmers, charging customers. Everything else is fun. :cool: Furor fit laesa saepius patientia

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                                    Paul Watson
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                                    ..."charging customers"... lol that is the FUN bit. Chasing customers on money terms is no fun but charging them is wonderful :) ..."managing a group of programmers"... depends on your team. Enthusiastic, clever and helpful chaps are great to manage and you learn a lot. Insolent buggers who think they know better are only good for firing or giving the crap jobs to (like documenting, time & cost estimates and technical support ;) ) 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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