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On 06/04/2012 08:54 AM, Shark8 wrote:
>
> I think more people are attracted to the latter because "debugging isn't
> fun", "isn't fun" ->  "work" therefore debugging is work. (And thus the more
> debugging they do the more sense of accomplishment for their work they
> feel.)

I agree. When you've spend hours/days/weeks fighting the language to get 
something that [sort of] does [most of] what you want, you get a sense of 
accomplishment. It was hard, so clearly you've achieved something significant. 
If you fix a couple of compiler errors and it works, it must not have been very 
difficult.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Hold your temper. Count ten.... Now let 'er go.
You got a good aim."
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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