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Ah, the trick, actually (as with other bugs) is not to write them in the first place. That way you don't have to fix them later. Telegraph poles. Given n poles are the n-1, n, or n+1 gaps between then? Does the nth gap precede or follow the nth pole? Get that thinking totally automatic, subconciously so you don't even have to think about it, and you don't write off-by-one errors any more. Once you've got that sorted you can start on some real CS. And eventually you can start learning some software engineering.
Bikes are banned. (From important parts of the city centre at certain times of day.) Yes, this is completely crazy, but the next meeting of the Area Joint Committee may be an opportunity to do something about it.
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I am a software engineer. I have read Knuth. I write software for Windows more often than I do for Unix for the simple reason that more clients want to pay me to do so.
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Ah, the trick, actually (as with other bugs) is not to write them in the first place. That way you don't have to fix them later.
Telegraph poles. Given n poles are the n-1, n, or n+1 gaps between then? Does the nth gap precede or follow the nth pole?
Get that thinking totally automatic, subconciously so you don't even have to think about it, and you don't write off-by-one errors any more.
Once you've got that sorted you can start on some real CS. And eventually you can start learning some software engineering.
Bikes are banned. (From important parts of the city centre at certain times of day.)
Yes, this is completely crazy, but the next meeting of the Area Joint Committee may be an opportunity to do something about it.
SQL
I am a software engineer. I have read Knuth. I write software for Windows more often than I do for Unix for the simple reason that more clients want to pay me to do so.