1 Jan
2002
1 Jan
'02
11:31 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:03:20AM -0500, Ian Koller wrote:
Until a very short time ago: yes. Most final testing consisted of
getting the latest design to go <KABOOM> and check if it worked as
designed (and sometimes it worked much better ... giving a nasty
surprise).
Regards,
Alex.
--
q: If you were young again, would you start writing TeX again or would
you use Microsoft Word, or another word processor?
a: I hope to die before I *have* to use Microsoft Word.
-- Harald Koenig <koenig(a)tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> asking Donald E. Knuth
Practical experience and hard knocks school is
your best teacher
, I agree. Blow up, screw up some stuff as you learn as you go on is
required.
Does that also apply to Nuclear Weapons Engineers?