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Quote: I have to teach him C++ templates
Do not leave out meta programming... 
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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We actually touched on the concept a little today before he tapped out. He doesn't need to learn it - more just recognize it when he sees it. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Having about 40+ years of experience to call upon,
I think you have this in hand, plus you will learn new stuff.
Good luck.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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May I inquire the number of lines of code he is expected to write and the duration of task. -Best
PS When I began work at a company learning intel 8088 assembler the first thing I did was type RET AL I hope and trust your student is a better C++ learner than I as assembler.
PPS My current sage advice to any student is below though no doubt yours is superior.
As for myself I find it very helpful to design C++ code in a manner which suits "ease of use" and "ease of understanding" and then figure out the language details to make it so. It is all merely a matter of providing all necessary information to compiler and to one's own code to perform requested task whether it be to compile or to execute. So in summary I recommend ask yourself for each task you wish to execute what is the most "easy" manner to specify said execution what information is needed from whence does that information come how it should be processed/calculated with/utilized where it should be stored/passed and its types
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We don't count lines of code, and it's a year long project, though at some point - probably 9 months in, we'll be ready to freeze development.
I'd really like my C++ code to be easier to understand, but I don't write efficiently that way, because I don't think efficiently that way. I use GP. People don't like GP even though with C++ it's what's for dinner.
So it's comments to a degree but I accompany my code with external documentation about it.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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sorry to ask: what is "GP" here? GNU C++?
diligent hands rule....
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No, sorry, I mean Generic Programming.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Having graduated as a mechanical engineer, and being a very good programmer, one of my first jobs was as a liaison between a pack of engineers and my programmer brethren. The engineers thought they knew programming because they wrote a few crappy programs in FORTRAN and dumped their data in a heap into a database they could do little with, so the hard part was convincing them that the programmers knew things and had skills that they needed. It sounds like your engineering friend has that part down.
So tell me, how does learning C++ from a base of 'a little C' compare to learning Java from the same base?
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Cpichols wrote: So tell me, how does learning C++ from a base of 'a little C' compare to learning Java from the same base?
Honestly, I would have to learn Java better before I could teach it, so I can't comment on that. I only know enough Java to be able port code away from it, same with python.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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That exactly sums up my knowledge of assembly languages.
Well it used to. I haven’t touched it in 15 years or so. So my current knowledge of assembly language is that it is called assembly language!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Food from wise man holding america (7)
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Thankfully, "mausagi" doesn't appear to be a type of food. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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As it is my third go I'd of let you have it  it's a more interesting word than the answer
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Food from
wise man SA GE
holding america USA
SAUSAGE
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Welcome back
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I take it that means I'm up Monday?
And that I know what I'm doing for supper tonight?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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It certainly does mean YAUM - bangers and mash is it ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I think so, with petit pois and gravy ... it's making me hungry just thinking about it.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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You must be feeling better - good man
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Pretty much - it's still coming and going in waves but the lows are higher and so are the peaks. I'd guess that tomorrow I'll be back to normal or close enough.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Calvin and Hobbes[^] 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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No, the real QA approach would involve "read it for me", followed by "come to class and answer any questions I'm asked about it for me".
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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In my current contract, I am working with a QA person that often states they are not technical, then interject themselves into every technical discussion.
(who hires a non-technical QA person)?
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On my job, we once hired a developer as a QA engineer. I knew him from a previous job; he was a very sharp programmer. He was brilliant as a QA person. Unfortunately, this was just a waypoint for him while he found a developer position, and he worked for us for less than a year.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: he was a very sharp programmer. He was brilliant as a QA person
Developers have a technical understanding about software that - with all due respect - QA people don't. So yeah, it's been my experience that devs in a QA role tend to be excellent.
Gary R. Wheeler wrote: Unfortunately, this was just a waypoint for him while he found a developer position, and he worked for us for less than a year.
Can't really blame him. If you have the skillset to be a developer, why would you stick to a QA job?
(and could I have expressed any of this without sounding condescending? That was not my intent...QA people have my respect and I like having them around)
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