Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-22 Thread Neil Toronto
On 03/21/2013 11:39 PM, RĂ¼diger Asche wrote: well, I don't know where the myth comes from that design and coding and debugging can be separated, but after 20+ years as a software designer and designer trainer in various companies ranging from a very few to several thousand developers, I've yet to

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-21 Thread RĂ¼diger Asche
uot; vs. "hinghly skilled designers." It won't work, it can't work. - Original Message - From: "Jos Koot" To: "'Hendrik Boom'" ; Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming No, not jus

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-21 Thread Jos Koot
where my approach ended well. Jos > -Original Message- > From: users-boun...@racket-lang.org > [mailto:users-boun...@racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom > Sent: jueves, 21 de marzo de 2013 18:41 > To: users@racket-lang.org > Subject: Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Qu

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-21 Thread Hendrik Boom
> > > -Patrick > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Jos Koot wrote: > > >> One remark down intermixed in your email. > > >> Jos > > >> > > >>> -Original Message- > > >>> From: users-boun...@racket-l

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-21 Thread Ray Racine
ed in your email. > >> Jos > >> > >>> -Original Message- > >>> From: users-boun...@racket-lang.org > >>> [mailto:users-boun...@racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom > >>> Sent: martes, 19 de marzo de 2013 15:15

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-21 Thread Richard Cleis
Sent: martes, 19 de marzo de 2013 15:15 >>> To: users@racket-lang.org >>> Subject: Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming >>> >>> I forget where that quotation came from originally, but it >>> antedated the >>> days where internal documentation wa

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-19 Thread Patrick Li
un...@racket-lang.org >> [mailto:users-boun...@racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom >> Sent: martes, 19 de marzo de 2013 15:15 >> To: users@racket-lang.org >> Subject: Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming >> >> I forget where that quotation came from o

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-19 Thread Jos Koot
have experienced some good things leaving the coding to others. I think that in some cases a good and detailed design makes coding almost trivial. > > [ In which case it makes sense to use a compiler. :-) ] > > -- hendrik > > > > From: users-boun...@racket-lang.org > [mail

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-19 Thread Jos Koot
nd well described design it is even possible to leave the coding to another person, just like an architect designs a building and constructors build it. My 2c, Jos _ From: users-boun...@racket-lang.org [mailto:users-boun...@racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of Harry Spier Sent: martes, 19 de marzo de

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-19 Thread Deren Dohoda
This has probably been the aphorism that has guided me most strongly in coding. I find it even better than the "premature optimization" quip, which is probably my second favorite, followed by Greenspun's tenth. Deren On Mar 18, 2013 9:58 PM, "Harry Spier" wrote: > > I found this quote on a blog a

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-19 Thread Hendrik Boom
ases where the remaining coding is so trivial that a machine could do it. [ In which case it makes sense to use a compiler. :-) ] -- hendrik > > From: users-boun...@racket-lang.org [mailto:users-boun...@racket-lang.org] > On Behalf Of Harry Spier > Sent: martes, 19 de marzo de 2013 2:56

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-19 Thread Laurent
described design it is even possible to leave the coding to another > person, just like an architect designs a building and constructors build it. > My 2c, Jos > > -- > *From:* users-boun...@racket-lang.org [mailto: > users-boun...@racket-lang.or

Re: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-18 Thread Jos Koot
build it. My 2c, Jos _ From: users-boun...@racket-lang.org [mailto:users-boun...@racket-lang.org] On Behalf Of Harry Spier Sent: martes, 19 de marzo de 2013 2:56 To: users Subject: [racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming I found this quote on a blog and couldn't help sharing it :-) &q

[racket] OFFTOPIC - Quote on Programming

2013-03-18 Thread Harry Spier
I found this quote on a blog and couldn't help sharing it :-) "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 Kernigan Racket Users list: