OT Re: Naming Computers (strategy, and WHY)

From: Gene Buckle <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
Date: Fri Oct 25 09:06:01 2002

> > One summer when I was teaching a summer course for some students
> > in the 12-14 year old range. One of the students asked a question
> > where I needed a dummy variable. So for illustration, I naturally
> > named it dummy. A day or so later the program director approached
> > me very concerned because the student had reported that I had called
> > him a dummy.
>
> Hmm, it seems he really was ;)
>

After that, I'd happily rename the variable to "smart" and the student to
"fucking idiot". :)

g.
Received on Fri Oct 25 2002 - 09:06:01 BST