CS 371P #2

Some of these quizzes are kickin my ass. I’ve been well prepared on the readings, but frequently that’s not what we’re quizzed on. I noticed this after the first couple of quizzes and thought I was making the necessary adjustments but I keep getting bitten. A quote comes to mind “the difference between an amateur and a professional is that the professional recognizes his mistakes when he repeats them” :-)

I’m reading up on things I haven’t had to think about in a long time. Good stuff.

One thing I noticed is our professor explaining some very simple, basic shell commands. I’m kind of surprised by that. I would have thought everyone would know their way around a shell prompt. I think having a sense of value in the power of shell basics grep/sed/awk, pipes, redirection etc. is invaluable.

I’d like to try pair programming. I think it’d be fun and I’m sure this old nerd would learn a lot from a youngster. But my schedule is so tight I worry that it’ll blow my week to pieces and risk the project grade. Still if anyone wants to work with an old geek type I’m willing to discuss it.

Back to studying for tomorrows quiz…