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In Texas, standsardized tests were used for some time, not sure about now. The problem was that teachers taught the kids the answers to the standardized tests, but they never learned anything except how to take that test.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Yes, that's a problem I've seen a few times, especially in university -- which made a travesty of the whole thing, because two guys in particular should never have got even close to getting a degree walked away with one.
The solution would be to prevent teachers knowing what's in the papers beforehand (except that it will all be on the syllabus), but I imagine it would be pretty tricky to enforce that, especially in schools with lots of rich kids.
I know that people in China can get prison sentences for that kind of cheating in schools, but that's probably harsher than I'd go for.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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M son excells in math, but his teacher complained to me that he was having trouble keeping up with the class. I asked him about it and he showed me his notebook. He had already worked every problem in the textbook and was less than halfway through the course. The teacher had no idea she couldn't communicate with him.
I'm sure he would have scored high on the standardized tests, but should the teacher be rewarded based on his results, when in effect he figured it out on his own and the teacher did nothing but complain about him.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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That was me, when I was a kid; Maths came naturally to me, so they could have put a plank of wood at the front of the Maths class.
Luckily, I had pretty good teachers to encourage and help me in some of the other subjects, so I managed to get a more rounded early education.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: So our suffering at finding that highly-qualified programmers don't know how to code will be shared among other professions
Did you have a profession in mind that doesn't have problems like that?
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Do you like to obcusfate your code?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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I prefer to obcusfate the desing instead.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes, that comes pretty naturaly to me too.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Why? The requirements are obfuscated enough.
In Word you can only store 2 bytes. That is why I use Writer.
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OriginalGriff wrote: the desing
I that where the fat lady never sings?
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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No time for that. I have to work on the tada bniding right now.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Code[^]
A system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others, especially for the purposes of secrecy
So you mean to re-obfuscate?
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To some of my colleagues, it seems to come naturally; it takes them no extra effort.
My answer: No, quite to the contrary. Cleaning up messy, unreadable code (whether deliberately or unintentionally looking like entries to the IOCCC) to make it lucid, readable an maintainable, is far more satisfying. It gives me the same pleasure as the joy it gives me to delete code lines that are no longer needed. Often, those are two sides of the same coin.
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Of course, if it was hard to write it should be hard to read.
Actual code:
var banana = GetSomeStuff(someVar, lolImAMonkey);
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No, I write for maximum readability, and will remove any nonsense. See below a practical example of code that obfuscates and does not add any value;
public static void ForEach<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enumeration, Action<T> action)
{
foreach(T item in enumeration)
{
action(item);
}
} I've been told it should be used. I said no, I will use a regular loop
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Sander Rossel wrote: So you're right, and those who told you to use it aren't I know; it is a construct that only hides the original loop, adds costs and possible failure-points without providing any benefits at all. It just "looks cooler" to some.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: I know; But now you have Eric Lippert and, more importantly, me backing you up
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How did your presentation go?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I never have, so I wouldn't know, but I doubt it. Seems pointless anyway.
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Th trsr th bttr!
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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It's already hard to read.
Got my site back up after my time in the woods!
JaxCoder.com
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I'll share what I node so long as I don't desecrate my abode.
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Not my code, but my binaries - for sure. I use babelfor.NET[^].
/ravi
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