On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On 22/05/13 16:20, Jim Mooney wrote: >>>
[...} > A very important quote from Chris Smith: > > "I find it amusing when novice programmers believe their main job is > preventing programs from crashing. ... More experienced programmers realize > that correct code is great, code that crashes could use improvement, but > incorrect code that doesn't crash is a horrible nightmare." > Being a novice programmer, I am interpreting this to mean that a) I complete a program. b) I believe it to be correct and bug-free. c) I should make sure I do NOT try to catch errors just to keep the program running from things I failed to anticipate (Probably from being a novice programmer!). So the conclusion I am drawing is that I WANT my program to crash if something I did not anticipate/plan for happens. Am I understanding this correctly? boB _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
