On Apr 19, 10:12�am, Scott David Daniels <scott.dani...@acm.org> wrote: > Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: > > "Mensanator" <mens...@aol.com> wrote: > > > 8< ---------- description of bugs in spaghetti --------------- > > > Looks like that design really needed sorting out! > > >> A programmer once said to me "Why should I run it, I know > >> how it works, I wrote it." > > > Are you serious? > > In my opinion, anybody who says this is not a programmer, > > but merely an arrogant idiot with a lot of misplaced self- > > confidence - somewhat like a permanent force corporal. > > >> My reply: "You only THINK you know how it works. _I_, on > >> the other hand, ACTUALLY know how it works because I've > >> run it." > > > How did you manage to keep your reply so meek? > > You must be a really well brought up person. > > :-) > > Possibly because the proper reply was probably, "You only THINK > you know how it works. _I_, on the other hand, know how it behaves, > even if I don't know how it was supposed to work."
Probably more accurate as his .exe file crashed immediately when executed. That's what lead me to supect he never ran it. > > --Scott David Daniels > scott.dani...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
