What's wrong with this code, really?
About the McConnell quote: "Inefficient programmers tend to experiment randomly until they find a combination that seems to work." The essence of this quote is being passed around quite often these days.When you first start programming, you generally have no idea what the hell you are doing. You learn all these strange, abstract concepts best, by experimenting.It's easy to dismiss people "jiggling things around until they work", as lesser, more inefficient or just plain bad programmers. Just remember that you were once like that too.I think there should be more patience among the experienced, for the programmers who are still learning the basics.