[Haskell-cafe] Tutorial on Haskell

[Michael Vanier]

R Hayes wrote:

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> On Apr 17, 2007, at 4:46 PM, David Brown wrote:
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>> R Hayes wrote:
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>>> They *enjoy* debugging ...
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>> I have to say this is one of the best things I've found for catching
>> bad programmers during interviews, no matter what kind of system it is
>> for.  I learned this the hard way after watching someone who never
>> really understood her program, but just kept thwacking at it with a
>> debugger until it at least partially worked.
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> I've seen this too, but I would not use the word debugging to describe 
> it.  I don't think I agree that enjoying debugging is a sufficient 
> symptom for diagnosing this condition.  There are many people that 
> love the puzzle-box aspect of debugging.  Some of them are very 
> talented developers.
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> R Hayes
> rfhayes<>@</>reillyhayes.com
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>> Dave
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I agree with the latter sentiment.  I call the "thwacking at it"
approach "random programming" or "shotgun programming", the latter
suggesting that it's like shooting at the problem randomly until it
dies.  I prefer not having to debug, but when I do have to I find it fun
(up to a point).

Mike