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Writing code – Think carefully before doing it!

Today i wrote probably the stupidest program i have ever done. After all these years using Linux (around 5 or 6 by now), with some knowledge of bash, python, sed, awk, of all the things in the world, i got the bright idea to write a C program to parse the text output of a program. Next time, i’ll stick nails in my forehead instead of doing a program of 3 or 4 chained for cycles, with scanf‘s and printf‘s.

The final solution ? 10 or 20 lines on a bash script will solve my problems. There goes 3 hours down the drain!

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2 Responses to “Writing code – Think carefully before doing it!”

  1. Diogo says:
    01/26/2007 at 11:50

    It’s not about knowing the tools, it’s about finding out which is the best one for the job.

  2. Alfredo Matos says:
    01/26/2007 at 19:42

    Don’t hammer a nail with a stapler. Just use the hammer.

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Hi, I'm Alfredo Matos. I'm a research engineer from Portugal, with a passion for inventing new things and working on future technologies. I'm also a programmer and entrepreneur. For more information check out my main website alfredomatos.com.