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Re: A Beginner's Doubt

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Date Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:01:58 +1000
Subject Re: A Beginner's Doubt
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On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:53 AM, Joshua Landau
<joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now, as I'm probably the most new programmer here I'll point out that
> I don't agree with Chris when he says that:
>
>> One way or
>> another, you will probably spend the next week writing code you throw
>> away; if you try to tackle the primary project immediately, you'll
>> have to rewrite parts of it as you learn. It's easier to throw away a
>> toy "Hello world" program than hunks of what you thought would be your
>> final code.
>
> As a new programmer, you will throw away code whether or not you
> practice beforehand. Beware of that. If anything, it's the best thing
> you can do*.

Yes, you will throw code away; but you'll throw away less of your
finished product if you write code that isn't destined to be part of
your finished product. But you're absolutely right; code should never
be treated like children, to be preserved at all costs. It's okay to
change your mind and scrap something.

ChrisA

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A Beginner's Doubt augustofec@gmail.com - 2013-06-19 06:58 -0700
  Re: A Beginner's Doubt Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-06-19 14:19 +0000
  Re: A Beginner's Doubt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-20 00:20 +1000
  Re: A Beginner's Doubt Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-19 08:31 -0700
    Re: A Beginner's Doubt Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2013-06-19 12:39 -0400
    Re: A Beginner's Doubt Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-19 19:34 +0100
    Re: A Beginner's Doubt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-20 01:40 +1000
  Re: A Beginner's Doubt Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-19 17:53 +0100
    Re: A Beginner's Doubt rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-19 10:29 -0700
  Re: A Beginner's Doubt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-20 03:01 +1000
  Re: A Beginner's Doubt Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-19 13:57 -0400
    Re: A Beginner's Doubt Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-19 12:25 -0700
  Re: A Beginner's Doubt augustofec@gmail.com - 2013-06-21 04:31 -0700

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