On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:26 AM, William "Chops" Westfield wrote: > > On Apr 15, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Herbert Graf wrote: > > > Similar situation, 4th year, one of the final EE labs (I think it > > was an analog electronics course), a few people came to me, VERY > > smart people, asking which side of a diode was the cathode... > > I dunno. I've heard that it's very rare to have a SW engineering > applicant be able to write out an error-free example of some common > algorithm (say, a binary search.) In some ways, that's a bit sad. On > the other hand, I personally hardly ever even TRY to get perfect code > the first time; the compiler will find my missing semicolons or > misspelled keywords in a lot less time than it would have taken me to > be anal about them in the first place. The idea that code has to be > completely correct before you try it out dates back to the days when > it was going to take hours and cost "real money" to have your card > deck scheduled through the chain of steps it took to actually run it... > > BillW > I know people who have been asked to write code on paper which is just frustrating and tedious. Though I would say that you should be able to get semicolons and syntax correct. Inserting lines of code isn't easy on paper. - -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist