Subj : Re: Too many Relocations
To   : Scott Adams
From : Andy Stewart
Date : Mon Jul 16 2001 05:29 am

SA>        Actually I rarely have the cause/effect bugs.

Seems to be hitting me here lately.

SA>        Unlike when I first started so many years ago.
SA>        When I fix something it rarely causes 10 other
SA>        things to break very rarely.  No mine are stupid
SA>        things like a + for a - in a math equation (like

I tend to do that myself.

SA>        just added some map controls (directional buttons)
SA>        to the game and had that kinda thing.  I don't test
SA>        as much as a user would try to break a program
SA>        so I tend to find things way down the road like
SA>        I did with a support program for teh game I did
SA>        a few years ago though just a minor one line of
SA>        code missing.

After coding it, who wants to test it?  That's what beta testers are for
<g>

SA>        Oh well...just not enough time to work on code
SA>        as there used to be like in HS or college where
SA>        it could be a all day thing.  Now it seems I'm
SA>        lucky to get 2 days a week :<. Oh well, just
SA>        finished adding Asteriod Field code yesterday
SA>        that was fun but a bear to get the math right.

I can imagine!

A
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