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One time I got dinged for using a library to calculate standard deviation (as a part of larger solution) rather than doing the math by hand. I guess I assumed
by dpritchett 14y ago
One time I got dinged for using a library to calculate standard deviation (as a part of larger solution) rather than doing the math by hand. I guess I assumed they were more interested in codecraft than in arithmetic and I was wrong.
- jlgreco 14y agoAh, that's pretty crappy. I try to avoid that sort of thing by prefacing all library calls / fancy language features with a "I'm going to just use [this thing]. If you want me to go into that, I can". Not so much ask permission as tell them. It's really a pain in the ass to have to be on guard like that though.