28 Feb
2002
28 Feb
'02
12:01 a.m.
At 10:19 PM 2/28/02 +1100, you wrote:
At 12:47 AM 28/02/2002 -0500, Glen Goodwin wrote:
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Also reminds me of "programmers" who can
"write code" but seem unable to
read other people's code. Has anyone else had this experience? I run into
this sort of person all the time . . .
I quite often have problems reading other peoples code. This is typically
due to either or
2) Frustrations as I read the code, thinking all the time "this isn't the
way to do this", "why the **** did you do this", etc, etc.
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)kerberos.davies.net.au
I can symphatize with this. Being a prof, I get to read many
homework assignments. But I learned many years ago that to do justice
to the students you have to stay open, forget about your own
methods (and yes, I feel rather strongly on the subject of "appropriate
methods") and make a honest effort to find out what they were trying
to do. Sometimes, they actually exhibit very creative thinking.
carlos.
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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org