[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 8/24/2012 6:14 AM, Nomen Nescio wrote:
>>> I have not ever seen a program that works right the first time. And I
>>> seriously doubt anyone here have seen that very often, even if you only
>>> do very simple programs...
>
> I write quite a lot of code and I have numerous witnesses that most of what
> I write works correctly the first time. So much so they no longer consider
> it interesting or notable.
>
>> You must be like me, you don't get out much ....
>
> Some people know quite a lot about computers and programming languages but
> still aren't very good coders. Coding really is a special skill.
>

Coding need not be arcane!  There are, however, a good many people who 
write arcane code.  Some think that there are too many writers of arcane 
code!  A lot of it winds in the trash because no one other than the 
author can understand how it works and/or what it is supposed to do!