19 Jun
2000
19 Jun
'00
10:04 a.m.
>Having a machine to interact with allows you to
test your code on the
spot
and if you are
writing in an interpreted language the error-checking the
interpreter provides is a godsend for the coder. Why anyone would code
without the interaction of the target machine is beyond me.
I write perfect code, like Mozart it flows out in its final form to the
paper, and then to the system.