On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:53:45 -0500, Larry Martell wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 4:49 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> > wrote: > >> On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 02:28 pm, rubengoods...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >> > I am having trouble installing the Python software. >> >> Make sure your computer is turned on. I can't tell you how many times >> I've tried to install Python, and I type commands and click icons and >> nothing happens. It's really frustrating when you finally realise that >> the reason nothing is working is because the computer is turned off! (I >> thought I just had the screen brightness turned way down.) > > > Many years ago (c. 1985) I was at a job interview and the interviewer > asked me what the first thing I would do when I am presented with a new > problem that I had to code up. I gave all sorts of answers like 'do a > top down analysis of the problem,' and 'get the specs and requirements,' > and 'write a flow chart.' Each time the interviewer said no even before > that. Finally I said, what, what would do first? He said "Turn the > computer on." I decided then and there I did not want to work for that > guy.
Then not only was he an arse but he is also wrong. for a complex problem it is best to have a plan on how to implement it before reaching for the keyboard. Your answer of get the spec & requirements certainly does not need a computer (although one could help for note taking if your hand writing is as bad as mine). I guess he was so caught up with his clever catch answer that he did not bother to analyse yours & realise he had missed something "I decided then and there I did not want to work for that guy." Shame I would have enjoyed reading the results on www.thedailywtf.com :-) -- He who laughs last -- missed the punch line. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
