Subj : Re: advice To : comp.programming From : Randy Howard Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 06:08 am Baxter wrote (in article <11ha19mohm05deb@corp.supernews.com>): > > "Randy Howard" wrote in message > news:0001HW.BF3A66F10078B4F2F0407550@news.verizon.net... >> osmium wrote >> (in article <3nkacgF20e8pU1@individual.net>): >> >>> >>> I think you are not cut out to be a professional programmer. >> >> Bull. Lots of people procrastinate in college, often because >> some of the assignments are boring as hell, and many obviously >> don't have any real-world application, they're just some stupid >> thing the prof dreamed up to put you through a specific set of >> techniques or algorithms. > > > -Every- larger program you write is a building block in your library. If > you're not saving and reusing some of that code, you'll never be a > programmer. Every program you write gives you potential tools or materials > for the next program. Yeah, you never know when a fortune 500 company will ask you to write a tower of hanoi game for a text console. ;-) -- Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR) .