Re: Why Programming is Difficult

2014-02-08 Thread Richmond
On 08/02/14 15:54, Roger Eller wrote: On Feb 8, 2014 2:52 AM, "Richmond" wrote: P.S. Where's my coffee? My left shoulder is aching, and I need the loo. Now, find a computer that is going to be affected by any of those! Those things just need to be translated to "a computers needs". Where's m

Re: Why Programming is Difficult

2014-02-08 Thread Roger Eller
On Feb 8, 2014 2:52 AM, "Richmond" wrote: > > P.S. Where's my coffee? My left shoulder is aching, and I need the loo. > > Now, find a computer that is going to be affected by any of those! > Those things just need to be translated to "a computers needs". Where's my "turbo (overclock) mode"? My cp

Re: Why Programming is Difficult

2014-02-07 Thread Richmond
On 08/02/14 08:40, Bob Sneidar wrote: Without reading the article, I can think of one principle I have employed in all my time working with computers: Computers never do what you want them to. They only do what you tell them to. Bob Indeed; the main problem is NOT with the computers; it i

Re: Why Programming is Difficult

2014-02-07 Thread Richmond
On 08/02/14 06:28, Mark Wieder wrote: All- Interesting article: Very good article! Thanks. Richmond. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit

Re: Why Programming is Difficult

2014-02-07 Thread Bob Sneidar
Without reading the article, I can think of one principle I have employed in all my time working with computers: Computers never do what you want them to. They only do what you tell them to. Bob On Feb 7, 2014, at 20:28 , Mark Wieder wrote: > All- > > Interesting article: > >

Why Programming is Difficult

2014-02-07 Thread Mark Wieder
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