A question for any code jockeys - Page 3

scaeagles · 05-27-2010, 11:49 AM

Don't know python, but pretty much every language I've ever worked with has to be tricked in certain circumstances. Code isn't always pretty....I just comment a lot in the code when I have to do the "inelegant".

Ghoulish Delight · 05-27-2010, 12:55 PM

I suppose that level of control is one of the many things one sacrifices for the convenience of not having to fuss around with malloc.

Capt Jack · 05-27-2010, 02:56 PM

are you sure python recognizes indexing as zero relative? Ive never used (or honestly ever heard of) Python, but I know some languages vary on that aspect.

try starting it with an initial value of 1 instead

/shrug

Ghoulish Delight · 05-27-2010, 03:00 PM

Python definitely indexes from 0. This is just a matter of the compiler/garbage collector optimizing code.

Capt Jack · 05-27-2010, 03:06 PM

this is why I prefer COBOL

Ghoulish Delight · 05-27-2010, 03:12 PM

You're a sick man.

Capt Jack · 05-27-2010, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

You're a sick man.

pfft. thats not even the first time Ive heard that today

Ghoulish Delight · 05-27-2010, 03:33 PM

What I saw: From my couch I connected to my company's VPN, remote desktopped into my test development box, launched a script that monitored a server's power state, powered on the server, started listening for iperf traffic, kicked off iperf on a second server, shut the first server down, monitored for a system crash, then started the cycle over if it didn't crash.

What CP saw: Me doing a victory dance because the text displayed in a CMD window went from "OFF" to "ON".

This is why I have a hard time answering, "What do you do for a living?"

Alex · 05-27-2010, 03:36 PM

What the QA Lead saw:
Not so fast buster, I'll be the one to tell you it actually did something.

What the product manager saw:
Wait, this is what I get billed 2,300 hours for?

What the end-line business owner saw:
Is it too late to completely change what it should do?

Ghoulish Delight · 05-27-2010, 03:42 PM

Which is why, for now, I'm happy to retain all of those titles. I'm writing tools to accomplish my own job, which makes me developer, QA, product manager, and end customer all in one.

The conference calls get confusing.

05-27-2010, 11:49 AM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Don't know python, but pretty much every language I've ever worked with has to be tricked in certain circumstances. Code isn't always pretty....I just comment a lot in the code when I have to do the "inelegant".
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05-27-2010, 12:55 PM	#2
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I suppose that level of control is one of the many things one sacrifices for the convenience of not having to fuss around with malloc. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-27-2010, 02:56 PM	#3
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	are you sure python recognizes indexing as zero relative? Ive never used (or honestly ever heard of) Python, but I know some languages vary on that aspect. try starting it with an initial value of 1 instead /shrug __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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05-27-2010, 03:00 PM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Python definitely indexes from 0. This is just a matter of the compiler/garbage collector optimizing code. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-27-2010, 03:06 PM	#5
Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	this is why I prefer COBOL __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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05-27-2010, 03:12 PM	#6
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	You're a sick man. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-27-2010, 03:33 PM	#8
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	What I saw: From my couch I connected to my company's VPN, remote desktopped into my test development box, launched a script that monitored a server's power state, powered on the server, started listening for iperf traffic, kicked off iperf on a second server, shut the first server down, monitored for a system crash, then started the cycle over if it didn't crash. What CP saw: Me doing a victory dance because the text displayed in a CMD window went from "OFF" to "ON". This is why I have a hard time answering, "What do you do for a living?" __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-27-2010, 03:36 PM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	What the QA Lead saw: Not so fast buster, I'll be the one to tell you it actually did something. What the product manager saw: Wait, this is what I get billed 2,300 hours for? What the end-line business owner saw: Is it too late to completely change what it should do?
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05-27-2010, 03:42 PM	#10
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Which is why, for now, I'm happy to retain all of those titles. I'm writing tools to accomplish my own job, which makes me developer, QA, product manager, and end customer all in one. The conference calls get confusing. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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