On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 8:34 PM, D'Arcy Cain <da...@vybenetworks.com> wrote: > On 09/29/2017 03:15 AM, Steve D'Aprano wrote: >> >> "Carefully-designed experiments" -- yeah, that is so totally how the >> coders I've >> worked with operate *wink* >> >> I think that's an awfully optimistic description of how the average >> programmer >> works :-) > > > Better not hire average programmers then. I do "Carefully-designed > experiments" to find non-obvious bugs so I guess I am not average. I get > the impression that many people here are above average too. > > Personally I think you are being pessimistic about "average" programmers. > Perhaps you just know the sloppy kind.
Based on any mathematical definition of "average", yes, I am pretty pessimistic about the average programmer :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list