test please delete

[Bunk]

• Read the spec (but not too closely)
• Google for something someone else has already written that sort of does the job and copy it.
• Hack it to fit.
• Invoice.

You mean like this?

Sometimes that part is optional

[zeitghost]

Zeity, you should be teaching them how we do it in the real world, not this idealistic nonsense

I'd get fired if I did that.

• Read the spec (but not too closely)
• Google for something someone else has already written that sort of does the job and copy it.
• Hack it to fit.
• Invoice.

You mean like this?

Sounds good to me.

Straight out of the contractor's handbook

That's the one.

Sometimes that part is optional

Sadly, their efforts get fed through plagiarism software these days, so not really an option any more.

I did point out that finding someone else's efforts on the interweb thingie is one thing, making it do something sensible is rather more difficult.

[zeitghost]

I suppose if you fed the stuff into some sort of obfuscating program, it might help, though the assembler instructions would stay in the same order.

As would any comments. (Unless these get stripped out).

[zeitghost]

Anyway, I've just produced my first working code with the microC pic compiler.

Just to prove that the damn thing works.

[norrahe]

We males are disgusting beings aren't we?

yep

[zeitghost]

yep

It's what makes us so lovable.

[zeitghost]

The knuckle of the middle finger on my left hand is giving I grief.

I blame excessive self abuse.

Or something.

[zeitghost]

Byeeee

[DaveB]

The knuckle of the middle finger on my left hand is giving I grief.

I blame excessive self abuse.

Or something.

Stop giving the finger to the students

[Zippy]

I suppose if you fed the stuff into some sort of obfuscating program, it might help, though the assembler instructions would stay in the same order.

As would any comments. (Unless these get stripped out).

In the real world when we rip stuff off, we change the comments.