Re: Programming Backwards (was Re: Top posting (a different point of view))
On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 18:51:18 -0400
John Kelly <jakelly@shtc.net> wrote:
> > I think I do actually write my programs backwards .. from how it
> > will look to the enduser.
>
> That's top down development vs. bottom up development.
>
> Using top down development, you never have any working code. Using
> bottom up development, you never solve the problem.
Then there's this:
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
Brian W. Kernighan
Cybe R. Wizard
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Q: What's the difference between MicroSoft Windows and a virus?
A: Apart from the fact that viruses are supported by their authors,
use optimized, small code and usually perform well, none.
Winduhs
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