[ale] sloppy coding in breath tester

[Geoffrey]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> The best are physics majors.  After all the universe is just one big
> computer with a lot of fuzzy logic used at all the branch points.
> 
> So says Greg the physics major.

The best really would be someone with a background in Computer Science 
and Physics...

(so says Geof who has a BS in CS with a minor in Physics...) :)

> 
> 
> On 5/15/09, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> Pete Hardie wrote:
>>> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 09:16, tom <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 15 May 2009, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>>> I only scanned the link, so ...
>>>>
>>>> There is another possiblity - the authors were never CS trained at all.
>>>> I'd guess that many of the people writing code for the breathalyzer were
>>>> originally engineers or scientists with a dominant background in
>>>> instrumentation. Coding would have been pickup activity which started
>>>> taking over their lives like kudzu. Hence sloppy code due to a lack of
>>>> background.
>>> This is a strong candidate.  I've seen some truly weird working code from
>>> EEs who moved into coding with just one FORTRAN class as background.
>> I must concur.  I've seen some terrible code written by non CS folks.
>> On the other hand, the worst programmer I've ever worked with graduated
>> with a BS in CS and was at the top of his class.  Two of the best I've
>> ever worked with, one graduated with a Management degree, the other
>> never attended college at all.
>>
>> --
>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin