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Re: Breaking The Rulesby zakame (Pilgrim) |
on Jun 03, 2006 at 14:30 UTC ( [id://553427]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I find rules quite exceptional. I also find exceptions to rules quite breakneck ;) Programmers make mistakes; of course, they're only human (at least, humanly speaking.) But the true test of a good programmer lies not on how he or she can code the fastest, cleanest, and most appealing code, but rather on his/her understanding of what s/he really wants to do, and how to do it using whatever conceptual apparatus available. I remember the quote from Brooks, borrowed from Shakespeare: "I can summon spirits from the vasty deep." "Well, so can I, and so can any man; but will they come for you when you do call for them?"
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