Comments on: Unknown Environments http://ignore-your.tv/2008/04/26/unknown-environments/ A god who is but a reflection of human frailty Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:50:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lukas http://ignore-your.tv/2008/04/26/unknown-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-94439 Lukas Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:52:49 +0000 http://ignore-your.tv/?p=390#comment-94439 He is a scientist. Read the rest of the interview about how he approaches problems. If every developer had the time and guts to approach problems this way (and the wage, of course), there'd really be no need for unittests. I use them anyway, as I rarely know my environment as well as he does because nobody pays me for knowing, people pay me for making stuff work, and that's unfortunately the way our system works. Other than that, I find unit tests are fun. And I love reading what Mr. Knuth writes, because he's in my opinion one of the most brilliant men around. If I were as brilliant as him, I'd still use fvwm, too ;) He is a scientist. Read the rest of the interview about how he approaches problems. If every developer had the time and guts to approach problems this way (and the wage, of course), there’d really be no need for unittests. I use them anyway, as I rarely know my environment as well as he does because nobody pays me for knowing, people pay me for making stuff work, and that’s unfortunately the way our system works.

Other than that, I find unit tests are fun. And I love reading what Mr. Knuth writes, because he’s in my opinion one of the most brilliant men around. If I were as brilliant as him, I’d still use fvwm, too ;)

]]> By: Snark http://ignore-your.tv/2008/04/26/unknown-environments/comment-page-1/#comment-94437 Snark Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:14:47 +0000 http://ignore-your.tv/?p=390#comment-94437 Why did you end your post with a "snark" ? I find it mildly offensive! Why did you end your post with a “snark” ? I find it mildly offensive!

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