What real life bad habits has programming given you?

I treat a lot of things I shouldn't in a functional way... this begets that, and other such methodical thinking. perhaps it is more of a side effect of coming out of the zone or something, but it seems to take more and more of a conscious decision to step out of that mode... and that's hard to do with the remaining hours of the day.

Re: What real life bad habits has programming given you?

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Post by Jem » Wed, Jan 28, 2009, 6:23 PM UTC

Not really programming but using computers in general - I tend to identify fonts in billboards and magazines, which makes my partner cringe.

Re: What real life bad habits has programming given you?

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Post by andreyf » Wed, Jan 28, 2009, 6:32 PM UTC

Constantly wondering if people mean `or' or `xor' (I mean xor)

Re: What real life bad habits has programming given you?

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Post by lst » Wed, Jan 28, 2009, 6:33 PM UTC

I can't think of bad habits, only positive ones; plenty of them!

(Maybe it's because I don't use a poor language?)

Re: What real life bad habits has programming given you?

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Post by oconnor0 » Wed, Jan 28, 2009, 6:37 PM UTC

paulgb wrote: post #2

I've caught myself thinking of time in complexity classes. Eg. should I walk or drive? It doesn't matter, they're both O(n).

When I'm driving, I'll make the decision on passing someone or not depending on whether the resultant speedup is O(1) or O(n).

Re: What real life bad habits has programming given you?

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Post by paulgb » Wed, Jan 28, 2009, 6:50 PM UTC

andreyf wrote: post #6

Constantly wondering if people mean `or' or `xor' (I mean xor)

"Lunch specials include salad or fries"

"Great, I'll have both!"

Re: What real life bad habits has programming given you?

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Post by gyeh » Wed, Jan 28, 2009, 6:55 PM UTC

A really bad case of OCD.