On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:51:43 +0100, Lindy Mayfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My favorite bit is from the CS-468 course syllabus. >http://www.cs.niu.edu/~rrannie/syl468S7.html > >"In this course programming will be carried out under a number of rules that, if you have not already discerned them, are those used in the 'real world' and which you may be assured you will encounter shortly after graduation. One of those rules is that a program which does NOT DO WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO -- REGARDLESS of how long or how hard or how much you 'sweat blood over it', is still, just, and only, a pile of chicken scratchings. It is NOT 50% or 10% or ANY percent a program! IT IS AN UN-PROGRAM! > >"AFTER you graduate you won't get paid by an employer for a program that doesn't work and BEFORE you graduate you won't get a grade in this course for a program that doesn't work. Don't ever forget that folks won't pay for parachutes that 'almost' work!" My son went to a specialised computer school in France . The dean of this school had done a good part of his studies in California. I remember (my son even more) the notation system based on a total of 20 points for each project you could only get 0 , 10 or 20 10 points if you were within specs 10 points if the program was working and the teacher could not find a way to crash it if the teacher could crash it and something was not in the spec you were getting a ZERO for the project. The dean motto was : look if it does not work or if it is out of spec , i cannot sell it on any market so its value is zero ! I remember my son having worked days and nights and getting a zero. Very tough but a very good lesson. The fact is that this school has such a reputation that the students are finding jobs and good salaries a lot faster than others, because we all know the sudents are writing working code within spec ! After seeing this post, i wonder if the guy who implemented these rules was studying with Robert Rannie But i am sure going to ask him Bruno Sugliani zxnetconsult(at)free(dot)fr http://zxnetconsult.free.fr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
