Learning by... Avoiding mistakes

[Robert Sneidar]

Flowcharts are for sissies! ;-) j/k. I never use them because nothing I develop is that complicated. 

Bob


On Mar 23, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Cal Horner wrote:

> My two cents worth.
> 
> I must admit I hadn't been following this thread but on a fine Sunday
> morning while catching up on correspondence....
> 
> I found out a long time ago the best way for me to avoid mistakes was by
> following that principle of engineering. The rule of modeling my answer of
> the system or software I needed to construct before actually doing the job.
> 
> And that precept seems to have gone the way of the Dodo. I think that I can
> prove it by asking the question: 
> 
> How many of you use programming flowcharts to prove your answer before you
> actually begin to code?
> 
> From my experience over the past few years, I know that people are likely to
> dive in and began coding before sitting down and thinking about the solution
> first.
> 
> That's how I avoid mistakes. It's the old IBM adage - Think!
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