To do an accurate estimate, you have to have all the specs down cold, AND you have to consider all the possible trip-ups and their solutions. This is 99% of the effort needed to code. You might as well just write the program.
A rich vocabulary and sophisticated syntax is good
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Perl6 for Mortals
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Perl is a richer, more sophisticated language than those so-called heavyweights like C++/Java ( both of which I have used extensively. ) The 'funky' syntax, and 'strange' punctuation allow for more expressive and concise forms than in languages that force one way of saying something.
I use compound words all the time in speech, or even the occational big, or high falutin' word. Used with some judgement, using a wider vocabulary in discourse ( or in code if you are using a language that supports it ) makes you easier to understand. If someone doesn't know what you are talking about let them look it up.
Closed source software companies don't spew messages because they don't want calls from customers about them. They are happening to be sure, they just aren't being spewed to the screen. If you don't like an error in an open source program, you are free to track it down and fix it.
People should be annoyed by popup trojan links and traps until they download AdShield for IE or use a browser like Konqueror that stops this crap out of the box. Microsoft should have added this to IE 6 but they are a bunch of lazy monopolistic twits. Netscape should have too but they are circling the bowl so I'll cut them some slack. I E is better because it lets you make the menus toolbar, and address bar go on one line at the top and lets you use more screen for viewing the page.
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To do an accurate estimate, you have to have all the specs down cold, AND you have to consider all the possible trip-ups and their solutions. This is 99% of the effort needed to code. You might as well just write the program.
Perl is a richer, more sophisticated language than those so-called heavyweights like C++/Java ( both of which I have used extensively. ) The 'funky' syntax, and 'strange' punctuation allow for more expressive and concise forms than in languages that force one way of saying something.
I use compound words all the time in speech, or even the occational big, or high falutin' word. Used with some judgement, using a wider vocabulary in discourse ( or in code if you are using a language that supports it ) makes you easier to understand. If someone doesn't know what you are talking about let them look it up.
Closed source software companies don't spew messages because they don't want calls from customers about them. They are happening to be sure, they just aren't being spewed to the screen. If you don't like an error in an open source program, you are free to track it down and fix it.
People should be annoyed by popup trojan links and traps until they download AdShield for IE or use a browser like Konqueror that stops this crap out of the box. Microsoft should have added this to IE 6 but they are a bunch of lazy monopolistic twits. Netscape should have too but they are circling the bowl so I'll cut them some slack. I E is better because it lets you make the menus toolbar, and address bar go on one line at the top and lets you use more screen for viewing the page.