Reply to: Monday's fascinating C# quiz

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Computer Science regrettably with a 2:1

In which case I can only say

[RedSauce]

But in what subject did he graduate?

Computer Science regrettably with a 2:1

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As much as i'm sure we would love this to have been an outsourced developer, it was in fact a Durham graduate born and raised in Hertfordshire.

But in what subject did he graduate?

[RedSauce]

A comment in Hindi would be helpful in maintaing the code for the client.

As much as i'm sure we would love this to have been an outsourced developer, it was in fact a Durham graduate born and raised in Hertfordshire.

[suityou01]

A comment in Hindi would be helpful in maintaing the code for the client.

Like this one?

[DimPrawn]

Not true, I had to delve into a system written buy a previous contractor last week, it was full of gems.

An example being:

DateTime sub = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(12);
DateTime now = DateTime.Now.Subtract(sub - DateTime.Now);

Although it is pretty simple to see what is going on there, it does slow down development and can easily be misread.

A comment in Hindi would be helpful in maintaing the code for the client.

[RedSauce]

The only people who benefit from readable code is Bob and his chums.



"Dim, we need you to come back, no one can fathom that stuff you write."

Not true, I had to delve into a system written buy a previous contractor last week, it was full of gems.

An example being:

DateTime sub = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(12);
DateTime now = DateTime.Now.Subtract(sub - DateTime.Now);

Although it is pretty simple to see what is going on there, it does slow down development and can easily be misread.

[DimPrawn]

If I read enough of these threads, will I be able to be a programmer?

Only in the sense that Suity is a programmer.

[mudskipper]

If I read enough of these threads, will I be able to be a programmer?

[DimPrawn]

Exactly - If I was recruiting I'd fail anyone who scored more than about 2 out of 10 on questions like that (allowing for one or two correct answers purely by guesswork). That way you'd end up with someone who would at least write readable code!

The only people who benefit from readable code is Bob and his chums.



"Dim, we need you to come back, no one can fathom that stuff you write."

[amcdonald]

Exactly - If I was recruiting I'd fail anyone who scored more than about 2 out of 10 on questions like that (allowing for one or two correct answers purely by guesswork). That way you'd end up with someone who would at least write readable code!

Everyone who did computer science related degrees, how keen were your lecturers on writing the most obscure perl scripts (or similar) they could think of ?

In mine, there was a big focus on the requirements and good design, but code maintainability was more mentioned by the lecturers teaching the theoretical stuff

The beardy code monkeys seemed to delight in writing the most hard to read regular expressions and think we would be impressed by it

[DimPrawn]

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[OwlHoot]

Make for incomprehensible code by the looks of it

Exactly - If I was recruiting I'd fail anyone who scored more than about 2 out of 10 on questions like that (allowing for one or two correct answers purely by guesswork). That way you'd end up with someone who would at least write readable code!

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[eek]

You're stupid enough to think a degree you did helps you understand people?
You'd better hope that little business you've got succeeds, because there's no way you're getting to the top otherwise.


Feck me what has the country done to its education system, that it churns out such imbeciles ?

What does calling you a cretin have to do with the tulip you posted above apart from proving that you are a cretin who didn't understand the previous sentence I wrote.....

I said my degree wasn't in computer science. It don't remember claiming it was in Psychology or Social Policy.