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Stuart" To: tuhs@tuhs.org, =?UTF-8?Q?Michael_Kj=C3=B6rling?= Message-ID: <1734443289.192430.1587850031879@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <9b9e01a6-fc1a-48a3-879c-665eb5a74205@localhost> References: <20200425180357.A004918C0B6@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <9b9e01a6-fc1a-48a3-879c-665eb5a74205@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_192429_1935248927.1587850031878" X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.15756 YMailNodin Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0 Subject: Re: [TUHS] v7 K&R C X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" ------=_Part_192429_1935248927.1587850031878 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday, April 25, 2020, 04:11:58 PM EDT, Michael Kj=C3=B6rling wrote: > That said, I agree; I don't know how many times I've nearly headdesked > coming across code that looks like someone typed the first thing that > entered their mind, instead of actually thinking the problem through > first and _then_ coding a solution. I'm almost certainly not innocent > there myself, either, although I do try. I know that feeling all too well. I try to think of it in the same terms as "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." But students coming to me with code that is clearly created using the random walk method of programming lead to me not always being as patient with my counsel as I should be. BLS =20 ------=_Part_192429_1935248927.1587850031878 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Saturday, April 25, 2020, 04:11:58 PM EDT, Michael = Kj=C3=B6rling <michael@kjorling.se> wrote:
> That said, I agree= ; I don't know how many times I've nearly headdesked
> coming= across code that looks like someone typed the first thing that
> ent= ered their mind, instead of actually thinking the problem through
> f= irst and _then_ coding a solution. I'm almost certainly not innocent> there myself, either, although I do try.

I know that feeling a= ll too well. I try to think of it in
the same terms as "Let him wh= o is without sin cast
the first stone." But students coming to me = with code
that is clearly created using the random walk method
of pro= gramming lead to me not always being as patient
with my counsel as I sho= uld be.

BLS
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