Brian has cemented himself in computer science legend with The C Programming Language. What things made you decide to write The Go Programming Language? And why now?
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"The only movie I've seen this guy work well in was The Matrix..." Actually, he was perfect for Bill and Ted's Ex. Adv. too.
Either Hollywood is really struggling or this story is bulls***. You need someone with a much stronger presence than Keanu. In the Matrix he played an insecure hacker (no offense fellow nerds). Keanu doesn't pull off that sort of Super(I'm gonna kick your ass)man attitude very well. Keanu is good at doubting himself, more like Spidey, although he wouldn't have made a good Spidey for other reasons.
Either way, you gotta give the guy credit, he was great as Neo.
Here is a site about Dr. Taguchi: http://www.dti.gov.uk/mbp/bpgt/m9ja00001 /m9ja00001 11.html
Here are some other sites; these ones are lists of books about the Taguchi Methods: http://www.johnstark.com/pb50.html http ://www.rkroy.com/wp-txt.html
An outline to the steps to this type of testing is as follows. First, you have to know how many inputs you'll have for your unit under test as well as the number of values for each input. Then, using this information you'll select the appropriate orthogonal array and use it to build a preliminary test case matrix. Once the unit has been coded, you can then adjust the number of test cases as needed. The trickiest part of the testing is determining how many meaningful values each input parameter has and then picking your orthogonal array. Depending on the strength of the array you use, you are guaranteed a certain order of testing will be covered. It really is quite brilliant.
I'm sorry, but I didn't have time to read all the other responses. The replies I did read were mostly questions back at you and clarifications to other replies. So, here is my attempt to answer your questions.
do you feel that excessive testing hurts the development process at all? Yes, of course it does. You could, theoretically, test code for one program for the rest of your life and still not discover all the bugs. That would be excessive testing and would definitely be a bummer to the development process. I think what you really mean is how do you determine how much testing is enough. For this I refer you to a few good testing books because frankly speaking, people have made careers out of this sort of thing:)
Books: The Art of Software Testing (hard to find and a little expensive) by Glenford J. Myers; The Complete Guide to Software Testing by William Hetzel; Code Complete : A Practical Handbook of Software Construction Steve C McConnell. These are some good options to get you started.
What is the best way to get the biggest bang for your testing buck? I would take a serious look at Orthogonal Array Based Robust Testing. A method of testing developed by Taguchi and Konishi, and using orthogonal arrays to determine test cases. I don't have enough room here to get into details, but basically this type of testing guarantees detection of atleast 1st and 2nd order defects with the minimal amount of test cases. Madhan S. Phadke's Quality Engineering Using Robust Design mentions this type of testing. Also Bell Labs has been so kind as to publish online some fairly heavy strength Orthogonal arrays, so you don't have to calculate them. My employer uses this type of testing on many of its projects and it's a huge time saver. I just learned about it in an onsite class by our top tester and am going to pitch it to my project soon.
Good luck, sorry for being so vague in places, and finally, if you have more questions about Orthogonal Array Based Robust Testing, please let me know: redundant_pleonasm@hotmail.com
Perhaps I understand the Labor Code incorrectly, but the exceptions stated provide a lot of room with which the employer can work with. In the case of exception (1), for example, if you write software for a very broad scope the company could claim it useful for its own developmental purposes fairly easily.
So, does this guy work for the devil, err, I mean Bill Gates?
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Brian has cemented himself in computer science legend with The C Programming Language. What things made you decide to write The Go Programming Language? And why now?
ROFLMAO This is so not troll.
LOL You know some Uber err... I mean SUPER Superman fanboy will get number 83 (aka dec ascii value for 'S').
I don't think Longhorn will be shipped by 2020.
It'll be here. Main new features:
Do yourself a favor, run Linux or get a Mac.
I guess I'm infatuated. I dropped everything here at work to check it out.
Now that they've redesigned the website, when are they going to redesign their clothing line?
Wouldn't it be easier, as OSS, to thwart RIAA/etc attemps to mess with it. When you've got a determined community vs RIAA, I'm in favor of OSS.
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"The only movie I've seen this guy work well in was The Matrix ..." Actually, he was perfect for Bill and Ted's Ex. Adv. too.
Either Hollywood is really struggling or this story is bulls***. You need someone with a much stronger presence than Keanu. In the Matrix he played an insecure hacker (no offense fellow nerds). Keanu doesn't pull off that sort of Super(I'm gonna kick your ass)man attitude very well. Keanu is good at doubting himself, more like Spidey, although he wouldn't have made a good Spidey for other reasons.
Either way, you gotta give the guy credit, he was great as Neo.
Here is a site about Dr. Taguchi:1 /m9ja00001 11.html
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http://www.dti.gov.uk/mbp/bpgt/m9ja0000
Here are some other sites; these ones are lists of books about the Taguchi Methods:
http://www.johnstark.com/pb50.html
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An outline to the steps to this type of testing is as follows. First, you have to know how many inputs you'll have for your unit under test as well as the number of values for each input. Then, using this information you'll select the appropriate orthogonal array and use it to build a preliminary test case matrix. Once the unit has been coded, you can then adjust the number of test cases as needed. The trickiest part of the testing is determining how many meaningful values each input parameter has and then picking your orthogonal array. Depending on the strength of the array you use, you are guaranteed a certain order of testing will be covered. It really is quite brilliant.
I'm sorry, but I didn't have time to read all the other responses. The replies I did read were mostly questions back at you and clarifications to other replies. So, here is my attempt to answer your questions.
:)
do you feel that excessive testing hurts the development process at all?
Yes, of course it does. You could, theoretically, test code for one program for the rest of your life and still not discover all the bugs. That would be excessive testing and would definitely be a bummer to the development process. I think what you really mean is how do you determine how much testing is enough. For this I refer you to a few good testing books because frankly speaking, people have made careers out of this sort of thing
Books: The Art of Software Testing (hard to find and a little expensive) by Glenford J. Myers; The Complete Guide to Software Testing by William Hetzel; Code Complete : A Practical Handbook of Software Construction Steve C McConnell. These are some good options to get you started.
What is the best way to get the biggest bang for your testing buck?
I would take a serious look at Orthogonal Array Based Robust Testing. A method of testing developed by Taguchi and Konishi, and using orthogonal arrays to determine test cases. I don't have enough room here to get into details, but basically this type of testing guarantees detection of atleast 1st and 2nd order defects with the minimal amount of test cases. Madhan S. Phadke's Quality Engineering Using Robust Design mentions this type of testing. Also Bell Labs has been so kind as to publish online some fairly heavy strength Orthogonal arrays, so you don't have to calculate them. My employer uses this type of testing on many of its projects and it's a huge time saver. I just learned about it in an onsite class by our top tester and am going to pitch it to my project soon.
Good luck, sorry for being so vague in places, and finally, if you have more questions about Orthogonal Array Based Robust Testing, please let me know: redundant_pleonasm@hotmail.com
Hey,maybe now the fattest guy in the world could actually support his weight. Now to get a motor strong enough to get him spinning that at 5000 RPM.
Perhaps I understand the Labor Code incorrectly, but the exceptions stated provide a lot of room with which the employer can work with. In the case of exception (1), for example, if you write software for a very broad scope the company could claim it useful for its own developmental purposes fairly easily.
So, does this guy work for the devil, err, I mean Bill Gates?
Happy coding.
-yokimbo (samurai coder, self proclaimed mathematarian - aka non-practicing mathematician)
The next thing you know midgets will take over the world. Sorry, I'm drunk. I guess I should have prefaced my post w/ that statement with that post.
when you think about it, it's cheaper than a wife and kids...