Re: Science, Engineering, Craft (was once: something about hash references)

2009-03-06 Thread David Nicol
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Eric Wilhelm enoba...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps we should charge by the pound for CPAN modules?  Not lines of code, but some kind of metric which appropriately conveys heft (toughness/strength/finish are, of course, premium.) Executions without problem? That

Re: Science, Engineering, Craft (was once: something about hash references)

2009-03-03 Thread David Golden
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Eric Wilhelm enoba...@gmail.com wrote: # from Jonathan Rockway # on Tuesday 03 March 2009 10:16: This is just one of the many things I have been upset with the treatment of in my Computer Science program--it's way too academic, and not applied enough, but I

Re: Science, Engineering, Craft (was once: something about hash references)

2009-03-03 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from David Golden # on Tuesday 03 March 2009 12:02: I would expect application of the Science to be found in the Software Engineering program, but we've got a ways to go yet before it becomes a professional discipline -- complete with licensing and responsibility. You might be interested

Re: Science, Engineering, Craft (was once: something about hash references)

2009-03-03 Thread David Golden
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Eric Wilhelm enoba...@gmail.com wrote: And nobody ever picks $good, yet they wonder why they get what they get. I think it's related to difficulty of judging future opportunity costs. Paying for $good has an immediate cost now over paying for $decent, but it's