Software bugs aren't inevitable

[Terry Hancock]

On Friday 16 September 2005 09:41 am, Terry Hancock wrote:
> > (Terry Hancock formulated this plainly, he prefers dumb ways because
> > he wants to solve problems, and he doesn't like to perform gymnastics
> > with his brain. We have to accept those attitudes. But I believe that
> > this is the effect of teaching standards; people don't learn high-level
> > algorithm design when they are young enough...)
> 
> Clearly Jerry here believes that arrogance and intelligence must go hand
> in hand: just for your education, there is a difference between *being*
> intelligent and feeling like you have to *prove* it to everyone you meet.
> I learned a long time ago, that there are plenty of *unavoidably* complex
> problems out there, so that there's so need to make simple ones complex,
> just to prove how clever you are.  You're darned right I avoid wasting
> time on problems that don't require it.

I *probably* should've used a little more restraint here. ;-)

I *definitely* should've spelled Jerzy's name correctly.
Sorry, no offense intended.

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Terry Hancock ( hancock at anansispaceworks.com )
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