Re: hours programming, max

From: Michael Littlejohn (mlittlejohn_at_cogeco.ca)
Date: 11/20/03 

Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:29:21 -0500

Ian,

I am a Mohawk College student, so I have spent DAYS programming without
sleep. At the end of last semester, I spent approximately two and a half
days programming in C++ without a wink. The only thing keeping me from
passing out were doughnuts and espresso.

BTW, the program I was making calculated statistics for the New York subway
system such as average direction, rotation, G force, etc.

"Ian Woods" <newspub2@wuggyNOCAPS.org> wrote in message
news:Xns943619D2EC29Cnewspubwuggyorg@217.32.252.50...
> bigbinc@hotmail.com (bigbinc) wrote in news:d1b33313.0311161505.57de5095
> @posting.google.com:
>
> > I am in the zone, its been 8 hours, I have 8 hours more to go, what is
> > the most anybody has programmed straight.
> >
> > (I know this is bad and errors a plenty will occur)
> >
> > I still think I am lazy especially compared to ER doctors and nurses.
>
> Don't know about each sitting, but there's been a couple of times where
> I've done this sequence over a few days:
>
> 1) work on code
> 2) run code
> 3) go to bed while code runs
> 4) get up when run is completed
> 5) go to 1
>
> Far from the healthiest way to live, and I wouldn't advise it.
>
> Ian Woods
>