Not Incrementing

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Thu Dec 31 15:46:43 EST 2009


Victor Subervi wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 3:01 PM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com 
> <mailto:python at mrabarnett.plus.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Victor Subervi wrote:
> 
>         On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Dave Angel <davea at ieee.org
>         <mailto:davea at ieee.org> <mailto:davea at ieee.org
>         <mailto:davea at ieee.org>>> wrote:
> 
>     [snip]
> 
> 
>            Incidentally, good naming would help to make the code easier to
>            debug.  This finalTrees and trees variables don't look to me like
>            you intended them to be trees at all, but lists of
>         tab-indented data.
> 
>         No kidding. Many people have commented on my poor choices of
>         names. That's one of the things on my agenda to change (with
>         some tools that I understand are out there) once I get this
>         program finished and working for clients.
> 
>     Your clients will get it _with_ its faults? You'll fix it with some
>     tools that you _understand_ are out there, ie you haven't looked
>     for/found them yet? Yikes! :-)
> 
> 
> How many espressos do you drink a day? Do you mainline the stuff? Relax, 
> dude. Rome wasn't made in a day. I'll get there. Chill out, dude.
> 
Programming is about attention to detail. It's not like poetry, with its
"poetic licence". Has a mistake in poetry ever caused a rocket to fail
(Ariane 5, flight 501)? :-)



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