On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Lluís Batlle wrote:
> Same here. I totally feel like erik about bugs and writing code.
>
> 2009/1/29 erik quanstrom :
>> from the link
>>
>>> But that's what happens when there is no incentive
>>> for people to do the parts of programming that aren't fun.
>>> Fixin
Same here. I totally feel like erik about bugs and writing code.
2009/1/29 erik quanstrom :
> from the link
>
>> But that's what happens when there is no incentive
>> for people to do the parts of programming that aren't fun.
>> Fixing bugs isn't fun; going through the bug list isn't fun;
>> but r
> something must be wrong with me. i like fixing bugs.
> writing a big pile of code always seems daunting.
Fixing bugs presumes you understand the program very well, both what
it is meant to do and what it is actually doing. That's no small
prerequisite. Apply it to Open Source bloat and you'll
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 12:36 -0500, erik quanstrom wrote:
> > But that's what happens when there is no incentive
> > for people to do the parts of programming that aren't fun.
> > Fixing bugs isn't fun; going through the bug list isn't fun;
> > but rewriting everything from scratch is fun (because "
from the link
> But that's what happens when there is no incentive
> for people to do the parts of programming that aren't fun.
> Fixing bugs isn't fun; going through the bug list isn't fun;
> but rewriting everything from scratch is fun (because "this time
> it will be done right", ha ha) and so
