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From: marc@eclipsesoftware.co.uk
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Subject: Re: compile times...
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 20:42:27 +0000
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I tend to write pseudo code more and more, but I still recompile frequently.
This is not down to having no faith in my abilities, but I just really prefer to
make sure everything is working perfectly before I move on to the next piece. I
find this really saves on debugging time.......

 Marc.

Matt Verran wrote:

> Here's a nice techie topic:
>
> I was just reading the latest issue of Edge, Gregg Barnett FAQ, and he
> mentions the time between between compiles being just an hour back in the
> 8bit days.  I guess he's thinking of commercial projects with big teams, but
> it's really rare for me to code for an hour without compiling and testing.
> I pretty much never go more than about 30 minutes without giving features a
> little test of some kind.
>
> I was just wondering what everyone else's coding habits were, anyone code
> for hours on end so confident in their code they don't need to compile?
>
> MattV