Re: You Are In A Groundhog Day Scenario

DouhetSukd schrieb:
> On May 13, 6:18 am, DougL <lampert.d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On May 12, 9:47 pm, "Cosmin Corbea"
>>
>> <cosminc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Lee Hulbert wrote:
>>>> On May 12, 6:43 pm, mra...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>>>>> What would you do if you were in a Groundhog Day scenario?
>>>> In no particular order:
>>>> Write several applications I've always wanted to write.
>>> You can't do that, can you, unless you can write the whole thing in a
single
>>> day, and memorize them so you can rewrite them every day.
>> IME writting it the SECOND time takes about 1/3rd as long. So it could
>> still be worth doing.
> 
> Ah, that's where you need the most compact code possible.  Assembler
> anyone?

No. What you need is the highest-level language and APIs possible, in 
order to have as few lines of code as possible do as much as possible. 
Programmer productivity in lines per day remains about the same whatever 
the language. Ever read "The Mythical-Man Month"?

mawa
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