19 Jun
2000
19 Jun
'00
10:49 a.m.
Usually my code compiles the first time. It doesn't necessarily do what I
want.... :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire(a)neurotica.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Programming on Paper
Time for the hip waders, folks...it's getting deep in here. ;)
-Dave McGuire
On June 17, Mike Ford wrote:
> >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.