My usual self-testing example is something like “can I write this program correctly on the very first try?”.
I never thought of that as a thing you could do. I think when my code compiles on the first try, it’s more often then not a sign of something very wrong. For example, the last time it happened was because I forgot to add the file I was working on to the makefile.
Perhaps I should try to learn to code more precisely.
I never thought of that as a thing you could do. I think when my code compiles on the first try, it’s more often then not a sign of something very wrong. For example, the last time it happened was because I forgot to add the file I was working on to the makefile.
Perhaps I should try to learn to code more precisely.
Heh. (You should use makefiles that automatically build new files, and automatically sense dependencies for rebuild.)
As I recall, Eliezer said somewhere that I’m too tired to Google—there is no limit to the amount of intelligence that you can use while programming.