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From: ell@access.digex.net (Ell)
Subject: Re: Is there a language that Dijkstra liked? (was: Re: Software
 landmines (loops))
Date: 1998/10/23
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pluto1@choice.net (Brian Mueller) wrote:

>I disagree, s[**[t in my C.S. 101 programming class (which is guess
>what, ADA) my instructor took points OFF my first two projects because
>I implemented Error checking and handling (for constraint and invalid
>input errors).  I would have to say that I said "fuck errors" for my
>third design.  Well, they just taught me that error checking isn't a
>good thing.

My experience was just the opposite, my CS teachers would take off
more for not implementing error checking than they would for the
program not fulfilling one of the use case requirements.

Elliott
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