Computers and heat density

[Ethan Dicks]

On 8/14/06, Don <THX1138 at dakotacom.net> wrote:
> I suspect the code was never "engineered", either.
> Just slapped together until it worked and then kept
> that way as a "fait accompli".

I've referred to that as the "code until it stops failing" technique -
i.e., it may not really work (or do what you think), but it's "done"
when you stop getting compiler errors or _obviously_ erroneous
results.  I've seen a lot of that in the academic environment.

-ethan