How would a working Software Professional find the time to read a whole book like this?
8 hours free assumming you work 1/3 and sleep the other.
How about non-coding-related hobbies, not to mention a family...?
How to Design Programs (2023)
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Re: How to Design Programs (2023)
#12How would a working Software Professional find the time to read a whole book like this?
Easy: Stop reading HN until you finish the book.
Re: How to Design Programs (2023)
#13After more than 30 years of professional software engineering experience, I have to say that the software model described by this document is applicable and/or useful to only an extremely narrow subset of software in general. I would not recommend taking this advice too seriously.
Any other resources you recommend?
Re: How to Design Programs (2023)
#14After more than 30 years of professional software engineering experience, I have to say that the software model described by this document is applicable and/or useful to only an extremely narrow subset of software in general. I would not recommend taking this advice too seriously.
What would you recomend to someone starting at this area?
Re: How to Design Programs (2023)
#15After more than 30 years of professional software engineering experience, I have to say that the software model described by this document is applicable and/or useful to only an extremely narrow subset of software in general. I would not recommend taking this advice too seriously.
Which narrow subset in particular, and why do you say that?
Re: How to Design Programs (2023)
#16After more than 30 years of professional software engineering experience, I have to say that the software model described by this document is applicable and/or useful to only an extremely narrow subset of software in general. I would not recommend taking this advice too seriously.
Any other resources you recommend?
John Ousterhout's "A Philosophy of Software Design". But this does prompt the question: If these two books about software/program design are so different then which is correct and why is there such a gap? In my experience (like kiitos above) I don't see much scope for HtDP for most industry programming and I have worked in few different domains.
Re: How to Design Programs (2023)
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
How about non-coding-related hobbies, not to mention a family...?
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I am not sure how to respond to this. I have a family (wife + 2 kids, so admittedly a rather small one), a job, and a few side projects (not all of them even coding-related), and I still do find time to read books. But this requires planning and discipline from me, and is not easy. Besides, I was not talking about myself – my remark was general.
OTOH, this:
> Everyone has time to read if they want to.
translates in my dictionary roughly to "whoever wrote this probably knows very little about life". Paired with what looks like a slightly aggressive tone, it gives an impression of a young and very inexperienced person who thinks (consciously or not) that everyone's situation is like theirs and/or who is reluctant to take on responsibility. (Of course, everyone is a dog on the internet, so what do I know.)
OYAH, GP's
> 8 hours free assumming you work 1/3 and sleep the other
borders on offensive – I would suspect most people on the planet have very serious responsibilities besides work, and telling them that 1/3 of their time is "free" might (and frankly, maybe even should) result in a punch in the face. Instead of punching the GP, I wanted to (more or less) subtly point that out...
Re: How to Design Programs (2023)
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
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I am not sure how to respond to this. I have a family (wife + 2 kids, so admittedly a rather small one), a job, and a few side projects (not all of them even coding-related), and I still do find time to read books. But this requires planning and discipline from me, and is not easy. Besides, I was not talking about myself – my remark was general. OTOH, this: > Everyone has time to read if they want to. translates in m…
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