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Re:Hopefully more controversial programming opinions by slurgfest on Thursday August 30, 2012 @04:54AM (#4453695)
closely looking at a printout is an underrated archaic practice.
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Re:Hopefully more controversial programming opinions by ams6110 on Thursday August 30, 2012 @08:23AM (#4454214)
Ah yes "desk checking." When compiles took hours or would only run during the overnight batch cycle. You better believe it was worth spending some time manually reviewing your code.
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