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If I had a screen in front of me, the temptation would be to do something, to try out the idea... The nice thing about a longish honest post like this is that
by herdrick 16y ago
If I had a screen in front of me, the temptation would be to do something, to try out the idea...
The nice thing about a longish honest post like this is that the writer is likely to tell you what you need to know whether he meant to or not. This is a good example of condemning something while meaning to praise it. Trying out ideas is half the point of programming!
- ianso 16y agoWell, thanks for the compliment I guess :-) Trying out ideas is indeed the point, but reducing the solution space for a given problem is better done in your head than post-facto in the (written, tested, integrated) code, no? The earlier in the process you fix things, the cheaper it is to fix.
- herdrick 16y agoWell, before testing and integrating, sure. Writing it, maybe not. It depends on what you're working on I suppose. Certainly I've had the same experience - not being able to turn on a computer and so thinking about coding instead of doing it and having a better way occur to me. But I think coding immediately still wins usually.