"YES, you do have time to work through 100s of error messages."

Having taught Computer Science labs in the past (C++), i noticed that many, many students try to write the entire program up front, then try to debug everything. I would force them to add/make one change at a time, save, compile, fix errors .. repeat. The idea is that if you only make one change, the error will be less ambigious, and you more than likely will know exactly where the problem is (but not always what).

Strict keeps me from doing stupid stuff like i demonstrated many moons ago at (jeffa) Re: using. Unfortunately, it doesn't make me design my ideas before i start coding or stop at good points along the way for sanity checks and it sure doesn't enforce me to use CVS.

In other words ... strict is just a small part of the solution, and i don't have any horror stories to tell because i always use it. :)

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to Re: Tales from the Crypt, 'use strict' Horror Stories by jeffa
in thread Tales from the Crypt, 'use strict' Horror Stories by ptkdb

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