[aklug] Re: Coding Milestone

From: Marc Grober <marc@interak.com>
Date: Sun May 03 2009 - 11:51:33 AKDT

congrats! my moment came when I actually crashed a 360-70 LOL
Christopher Howard wrote:
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> Does it mean you are real programmer once you have inadvertently written
> your first memory bomb?
>
> So, I write this small C++ program for school and run it through g++. I
> hit execute, and my CPU gauge maxes-out instantly. Four seconds later,
> I've filled up all four gigs of RAM. XFCE drops my mouse pointer speed
> to about 5 pixels a minute (in an apparent attempt to prevent me from
> doing further harm...)
>
> Anyway, I guess you gotta watch those loop increment statements. In some
> cases the difference between ii += 2 and ii + 2 can be the difference
> between 20 runs and 20 trillion. :]
>
> - --
> Christopher Howard
> http://indicium.us
> http://theologia.indicium.us
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