I need you to help with this.... I always get confused when a program that appears simple takes me long time to finish, and i always think that i am not up to the task... i always think that a good programmer is not suppose to take that much time to complete the program..... Most especially when i have bugs in my program... and i just manipulated the program to get rid of the bug.... I just want to know if it is my fault or if it happens often... although i always get my program to work properly but i still feel bad about the process of completing the program... :(
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Jump to Post>>i always think that a good programmer is not suppose to take that much time to complete the program :D
I whish that were true --
Jump to PostI take a long time to write code too, mainly because I test it in my head as I write it. I still come up with plenty of bugs too, which then takes time to hunt down and fix. It's not like we're all computers, afterall ;)
Jump to PostIf you're using a language like C or C++ you're doomed to have bugs.
Jump to PostUsing modern languages like Ruby, Python etc is the way to go. They are much less of a headache.
When they are appropriate. :icon_wink:
Jump to PostI remember reading that when it came out, and I agree completely with everything he said. However, I think part of the problem is that the power of C++ also allows for far more bad coding techniques, so even though it seems like a fairly easy language to pick up, …
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