Bugs Training Class: The Secret Enemy Academy

Content Me after fixing a bug in my code: It'll still probably be wrong, but it'll be differently wrong.

Content When you finally figure out why your code had that one bug

Content python error messages: C error messages: Oh dear, oh dear. Gorgeous. You fucking donkey.

Content TOP DEFINITION C f S A programming language for Real Men. Most languages try to provide a simplified way to solve specific problems well. C makes no such concession and tries to be mediocre at everything. It lets you program at a very high level, and a very low level in the same program. It lets you write procedural code, object oriented code, generic code and mix them all up. It makes you decide everything and provides no help if you get it wrong. It is by far the biggest, most complicated, ugly, down-right dangerous language you can use. But it does run fast. It takes at least twice as long to program in C as any other major language (except C). The men who program in C are Real Men. The women who program in C are Real Men too. You can spot a C programmer from their testosterone fueled swagger, and the unbelievable amount of contempt they inject into the phrase Java "programmer". They'll probably do the air quotes and all. Dev: 'Hey, Reg, you know C right? What does: "Isrc Cont. spp(52) : error C2679: binary '': no operator found which takes a right- hand operand of type 'int' (or there is no acceptable conversion) C: Program Files Microsoft Visual Studio 8VC include vector(392): could be 'std::VectoriteratorTy, Alloc std::VectoriteratorTy, Alloc::operator (const std::VectoriteratorTy, Alloc)' with TyMain::Cont, Allocstd::allocatorMain::Cont while trying to match the argument list "(std::VectoriteratorTy, Alloc, int)' with TyMain::Cont, Allocstd::allocatorMain::Cont " mean?' Reg: 'You missed a semicolon at the end of the line.'

First panel: The pure, unbridled joy of seeing "Error on line 265" and thinking you've finally tracked down that elusive bug. Second panel: The crushing realization that line 265 is just a lonely curly brace closing a function that returns true. Meanwhile, the actual bug is probably lurking in some perfectly innocent-looking line that doesn't trigger any errors. It's the classic developer's roller coaster - from "I've got you now!" to "...wait, what?" in 0.2 seconds. The compiler's just toying with your emotions at this point. Seven years of experience and we're still getting bamboozled by closing brackets.

Content TaLL 4302 4303 Lory return output MemoryError: Unable to allocate 280. TiB for an array I'm limited by the technology of my time